Rest during the flight to Egypt (Q21675782)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Jacob Jordaens (Q270658)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
main subject: rest on the flight into Egypt (Q3427290)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1914-CQ

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

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

description: The Rest during the Flight into Egypt was executed between 1655 and 1660 and is one of Jacques Jordaens’ later works. The theme was already popular in the late Middle Ages. Influenced by the Jesuits and the Counter Reformation, a new dimension was added to the traditional representation, as is…

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