# Rest on Flight to Egypt \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CARAVAGGIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, width of detail 48 cm

## Commentary

The golden section splits the composition into two parts: the left-hand one, with St Joseph, the donkey, and stones, is dedicated to earthly life, while the right-hand area, which includes the Madonna and Child among living plants, is devoted to the divine world. On this detail we can see before an autumnal river-front scene the sleeping Mary with a dozing infant in her left.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r00f596d06ccb76>)
- [Amor Victorious \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/amor-victorious-detail-r7fc57933eeb070>)
- [Amor Victorious](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/amor-victorious-rfc7120f208bdbb>)
- [Bacchus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/bacchus-detail-r8774eedb1acdb1>)
- [Bacchus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/bacchus-detail-rfe80e05f9bef36>)
- [Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/bacchus-re85963ede2d88d>)
- [Basket of Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/basket-of-fruit-re99b55e247b7b9>)
- [Beheading of Saint John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist-detail-r0f292c31f1b0b3>)
- [Beheading of Saint John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist-detail-r72c46c400ae03c>)
- [Beheading of Saint John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist-detail-r851b7fe163ad11>)
- [Beheading of Saint John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist-r2876dfa8814a65>)
- [Boy Bitten by a Lizard \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caravaggio-r877ee03cc951f7/boy-bitten-by-a-lizard-detail-r25173f3478e90a>)

## Attribution

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