Rest on the Flight to Egypt
c. 1879
- Medium
- charcoal
- Dimensions
- 36.9 × 51.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-210509
This charcoal sketch relates to an oil painting that was tremendously popular at the 1879 Paris Salon. In both works, Luc-Olivier Merson depicted the Holy Family finding refuge in a massive sphinx sculpture during the rest on the flight into Egypt. The drawing may have been an independent work or, more likely, a study for the painting or a related print.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William Kelly Simpson, 2018.74
Registry history
- c. 1879 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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