The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Q21675609)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Adriaen Isenbrandt (Q367858)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880) Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (VKC) (Q2542010)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
main subject: rest on the flight into Egypt (Q3427290)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) panel (Q106857709)
exhibition history: Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (Q17101798)
depicts: rest on the flight into Egypt (Q3427290)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1914-CE
BALaT object ID: 102939
RKDimages ID: 219758

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CE

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Fearing King Herod, Joseph, Mary and Jesus fled to Egypt. The family only returned to Nazareth once Herod had died. This is what we are told in the gospel according to St Matthew. Over the centuries a number of details were added to the story. This subject became very popular from the Renaissance…

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