# The Rest on the Flight into Egypt [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CESARI, Giuseppe]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on copper, 43 x 32 cm ## Commentary The Rest on the Flight into Egypt c. 1597 Oil on copper, 43 x 32 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In the studio of Cavaliere d'Arpino \(Giuseppe Cesari\), one of the most influential artist in Rome during the pontificate of Clement VIII, painters from northern Europe were numerous. From this Cavaliere d'Arpino probably derived his inclination for painting religious scenes in a landscape. He produced delicate devotional paintings on copper or panel on a very small scale. In them, his lives of the saints or biblical episodes were enriched by imaginative additions. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt depicts the moment when a palm tree bends down at the request of the Christ Child so that Joseph can pick the dates that Mary has asked for. This miraculous event adds a touch of familiarity and intimacy to the well-known story of the Holy Family's flight. ## Related artworks - [Battle of Tullius Hostilius against the Veii]() - [Christ Taken Prisoner]() - [Diana and Actaeon \(detail\)]() - [Diana and Actaeon \(detail\)]() - [Diana and Actaeon]() - [Judith with the Head of Holofernes]() - [Lamentation]() - [Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist, Mary Magdalen and Anne]() - [Madonna and Child with Sts. Peter and Paul]() - [Passion scenes]() - [Perseus Rescuing Andromeda]() - [Portrait of a Pope]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()