Photographs

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1875
Accession number: 2000.5.2773
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Virgin Mary lies sleeping at upper right, infant Christ below on ground. Joseph sits asleep at lower right, upper body tilted forward. Angel at upper right reaches forward with blanket to cover Virgin.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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