Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Painting

Moravian Historical Society

Name/Title

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Entry/Object ID

0743

Description

"Rest on the Flight to Egypt" of "Flight into Egypt" Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are seated by the roadside, eating grapes Joseph has pulled from a vine hanging overhead. Description from 1982 exhibition by Charlene Engel: "In this delightful, small painting the blue glazing, the watery landscape and the cloud-filled sky are reminiscent of the work of such landscapists as Joachim Patinir (c. 1475-1524). An elderly Joseph offers grapes, symbolic of Christ's sacrificial blood, to the child on his mother's knee. The head of Mary's donkey peers out from behind Joseph in the middle ground of the painting."

Acquisition

Accession

743

Source or Donor

Nazareth Hall Military Academy

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

John Valentine Haidt

Date made

1754 - 1774

Dimensions

Height

17 in

Width

20 in

Conservation

Notes

Notes: See 733, photo in doc file. Restored by Mary Henry Stites

Provenance

Notes

Nazareth Hall Military Academy, 1929

General Notes

Note

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