Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Etching by A. Scacciati after P. Testa.

  • Testa, Pietro, 1611-1650.
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[1766]
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22380i
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[Florence], [1766]

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1 print : etching ; image 28.5 x 37.1 cm

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Pietro Testa inv, e del; A. Scacciati scolpi

References note

Rudolph Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 702 no. 8240 ("Die Flucht der heil. Familie nach Egypten, sie besteigt einen Kahn. Feder und Tusche. A. Scacciati sc. Br. 13" 9"', H. 10" 7"'. Scacciati, Disegni originali 27.")
L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Paris 1957, vol. 2, p. 283 (on the barge in the flight into Egypt)

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Wellcome Collection 22380i

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