# Rest on the Flight into Egypt [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Orazio]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 158 x 225 cm ## Commentary Rest on the Flight into Egypt c. 1628 Oil on canvas, 158 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Holy Family at rest accentuates the popular character of the works of the artist's master Caravaggio but in a range of light, enamelled colours. There are several autograph versions of this subject by Gentileschi. This version was probably commissioned by Charles I in England. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Danaë]() - [Danaë]() - [David Contemplating the Head of Goliath]() - [David Contemplating the Head of Goliath]() - [Finding of Moses]() - [Joseph and Potiphar's Wife \(detail\)]() - [Joseph and Potiphar's Wife]() - [Landscape with St Christopher]() - [Lot and his Daughters]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()