1710
oil
panel
From the collection of Mauritshuis
Dominant colour
The Flight into Egypt is a 1710 oil by Adriaen van der Werff, a Rococo painting work, held at Mauritshuis.
This painting shows a man and a woman walking together. The woman is holding a baby. They are barefoot and walking on rocks. The man is wearing a brown robe and the woman is wearing a blue robe over a white dress. The baby is wrapped in a blue cloth. The background is dark, with trees and a building with columns. The sky is yellow and blue. The man is reaching out to the woman and the baby. The woman is looking down at the baby. The painting is held at the Mauritshuis.
Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes.
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