CLAUDE LORRAIN
The Flight into Egypt
(La fuite en Egypte)
(c. 1631)

Medium
etching

Measurements
10.3 × 17.1 cm (image) 10.8 × 17.6 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
RD 1; Blum 2 i; Russell 9 i/iii

Edition
1st of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: CLADVIO
inscribed in pencil on reverse: RDI I Flight into Egypt

Accession Number
995-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) donkeys flight (escaping) Flight into Egypt (New Testament narrative) Holy Family (Christian theme) journeys

Movements
Baroque