Mary, Helped by an Angel, and Joseph Carrying the Basket, Passing a Flock (plate 24)
Series TitleThe Flight into Egypt
Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
(Italian, 1727 - 1804)
Date1753
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 7 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (18.57 x 23.97 cm)
Mat: 14 x 17 inches (35.56 x 43.18 cm)
Mat: 14 x 17 inches (35.56 x 43.18 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation
Object numberF84-80
Signed(pl.,l.r.c.):"Do Tiepolo in: et fe:"
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Exhibition HistoryThirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, no. 25.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo reenacts the drama of the Holy Family's long and dangerous journey in his series The Flight into Egypt. Nine of the twenty-seven plates show the fugitives trudging through the countryside. In this etching, Joseph strides past the crest of a pyramidal hill that descends sharply to the left. Its diagonal slant draws attention to the weary Virgin Mary, relegated to the very edge of the image. Details such as the basket, flock of sheep, and thatch of vegetation bordering the path ground the sacred subject in everyday reality.
Thirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, p. 8.
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