Simone Cantarini
Italian, 1612-1648
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
INV-3048
Simone Cantarini
Italian, 1612-16481630/48
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Simone Cantarini Italian, 1612-1648 →etchingprint
Date
1630/48
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
8 × 12.3 cm (3 3/16 × 4 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Hannan Fund
The influential Bolognese painter and etcher Simone Cantarini specialized in intimate religious subjects. The distinctive octagonal shape of his tender, domestic vignette of Mary and Jesus resting during their Egyptian exodus proved popular and was copied by his contemporaries.
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