The Flight into Egypt
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 15 7/8 in. (34.7 × 40.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.82.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Flight into Egypt*1613), a masterful and etching by Hendrick Goudt after the original painting by Adam Elshe. This poignant depiction draws from the biblical story in the Gospel of Matthew, where the Family—Mary, Joseph, and the Jesus—flees to Egypt to escape King Herod's massacre of innocents. Elsheimer, a pioneering German artist of the early Baroque, was renowned for his luminous,-like oil paintings on copper, blending intricate detail with atmospheric depth. Goudt, a Dutch engraver, faithfully reproduced this scene, capturing its nocturnal drama and tender humanity amid a starr...