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El descanso en la huida a Egipto

Gerard David Netherlandish

ca. 1512–1515

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 605

Esta obra, que desarrolla uno de los temas más populares de la pintura flamenca, pretende instar al espectador a participar en los episodios de la narración. Al fondo, la Sagrada Familia emerge del bosque y se dirige hacia una ciudad medieval situada en el valle a la izquierda. La composición piramidal de la Virgen y el Niño, y el uso del claroscuro para dar volumen a las formas, hacen patente que David en esa época ya era consciente de las convenciones del Renacimiento italiano.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

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Fig.1. Ambrogio Bergognone, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1485, oil and gold on wood, 61.6 x 44.6 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo)

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Fig. 2. Ambrogio Bergognone, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1485, tempera on wood, 22.5 x 29 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)

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Fig. 3. Gerard David, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," oil on wood (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Fig. 4. Gerard David, "Landscape Sketch," pen and brown ink, (Rothschild Collection, Musée du Louvre, Paris; see Ainsworth 1988, pp. 32–33, fig. 40)

Fig. 5. Infrared reflectogram of 49.7.21

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Fig. 6. Gerard David (after Jan van Eyck), "Virgin and Child at the Fountain," ca. 1510, pen and brown ink, 19.6 x 13.1 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, SMPK, Berlin; Photo © Kupferstichkabinett – Sammlung der Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik)

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Fig. 7. Gerard David Workshop, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," oil on wood (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Fig. 8. X-radiograph of 49.7.21

Título: El descanso en la huida a Egipto

Artista: Gerard David, neerlandés, ca. 1455–1523

Fecha: ca. 1512–1515

Material: Óleo sobre tabla

Dimensiones: 50,8 x 43,2 cm

Crédito: Colección Jules Bache, 1949

Número de inventario: 49.7.21

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