Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1871

Editor: Here we have Rodolphe Bresdin's "Rest on the Flight into Egypt." It feels like peering into a dream, or maybe a forgotten fairytale. What do you see in this piece that I might be missing? Curator: Bresdin, bless his restless soul, conjures a world teeming with both peace and disquiet. The Holy Family finds refuge, but the forest, oh, it writhes with hidden life, a touch of the sublime perhaps. What do you think? Does it comfort or unsettle you? Editor: I think it's both, it's beautiful but the trees are so dense. Curator: Exactly! It’s this tension that makes Bresdin so captivating. The light, the dark, a visual poem of faith seeking solace in a world alive with mystery. Something to reflect on, eh?