The Flight into Egypt

Prints and Drawings

1648

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664

Executed during Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione’s second visit to Rome, this classical composition illustrates the Biblical story in which the infant Christ commanded a palm tree to bow down so that the Virgin might pick its fruit during the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt to escape Herod’s soldiers.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Title: The Flight into Egypt
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1647–1648
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 29.5 × 20.6 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 20.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Mary S. Adams Fund
Reference Number: 1979.660
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