# The Flight into Egypt

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DESHAYS, Jean-Baptiste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil sketch on paper, 33 x 31 cm

## Commentary

This brilliant coloured sketch recalls the art of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, at the time as appreciated in Paris as in Rome.

## Related artworks

- [Hector Exposed on the Banks of the Xanthus River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/hector-exposed-on-the-banks-of-the-xanthus-river-re3a0b5c7f1d95f>)
- [Jupiter and Semele](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/jupiter-and-semele-r6b51267c78ce44>)
- [Rest of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/rest-of-the-shepherds-r09de06819915d8>)
- [Venus Protecting Helen from the Fury of Aeneas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/venus-protecting-helen-from-the-fury-of-aeneas-r47509ffcd5fe65>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)