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The Flight into Egypt

Jean-Laurent Legeay

1768

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century Ruins

Dominant colour

The Flight into Egypt is a 1768 ink by Jean-Laurent Legeay, a Romanticism work, depicting Ruins, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jean-Laurent Legeay
When & what style?: 1768 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting shows a scene of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus fleeing to Egypt. It's an etching, which is a technique where the artist scratches a design onto a metal plate. This etching is interesting because it was made by a relatively unknown artist, and we don't know much about him. You can learn more about this technique by looking up "etching".