The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (after Peter Paul Rubens)

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (after Peter Paul Rubens)

Artist Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, baptized 1596, died 1652-1653)

Date1630s

DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 x 23 11/16 in. (47 x 60.2 cm)

MediumChiaroscuro woodcut

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1983.106

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Label TextIn an image of contented motherhood, Mary, gazes peacefully at the viewer,the rotund Christ Child sleeping on her lap with his head resting on her bosom. In the foreground of the picturesque forest setting two putti play with a lamb, while a third cautions them to be quiet. Joseph is relegated to the background, his back to the viewer, sleeping on the ground with his head propped against a tree. The donkey, conveyance of Mary and the Child as the Holy Family travels to Egypt to escape King Herod, grazes at the far left. The most important and prolific Flemish artist of the 17th century, Peter Paul Rubens was a master of naturalism. This particular print recreates the right side of The Holy Family with Saints, a painting currently in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In collaboration with Christoffel Jegher, Rubens transformed the painting’s energized, animated, and rolling Flemish landscape into a lively and organic chiaroscuro woodcut.Exhibition HistoryTMA: The Modern Woodcut 5/12/00 - 7/23/00 TMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984. TMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011. Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.