# Rest on the Flight into Egypt [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEEMSKERCK, Maerten van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 58 x 74 cm ## Commentary Rest on the Flight into Egypt c. 1530 Oil on wood, 58 x 74 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This is one of Heemskerck's earliest paintings, executed in the period when he was the apprentice of Jan van Scorel in Haarlem. Its style is very close to that of van Scorel's. The pose and treatment of the Virgin's head, her hairstyle, and costume are all remarkably similar to Scorel. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Being Crowned with Thorns]() - [Construction of the New St Peter's in Rome]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion \(Triptych\)]() - [Ecce Homo Triptych]() - [Family Portrait]() - [Forum of Nerva]() - [Garden of the Casa Galli]() - [Garden of the Villa Madama]() - [Hercules of the Forum Boarium]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()