The Holy Family on a Boat, 1750–1753

Series title originalLa Fuga in Egitto

Series titleThe Flight into Egypt (sheet 17)

ArtistGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Venezia 1727–1804 Venezia

Etching

State/print versionI/II

Sheet dimensions18,6 × 24,1 cm

Place of originWürzburg

Status

not on display

About the workMary and Joseph are fleeing with the infant Jesus, because King Herod has ordered the execution of all the male children in the land. Herod has heard that a new king of the Jews is to be born. And so the family flees to Egypt. Their arduous journey was depicted in a series of 24 paintings by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, which were completed during the three years he spent in Würzburg with his father and brother. Unusual visual axes and perspectives as well as agitated lines create a dynamic in which the figure of Mary, clad in an ample robe, always appears as a source of peace.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 8106 D

Contact

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