Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1630 - 1640

Claude Lorrain was a master of landscape painting, and this drawing, “Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt”, illustrates his ability to evoke atmosphere through delicate, hatched lines. This drawing from the 1630s-1640s uses a combination of light and shade to suggest the passage of time, likely inspired by his travels through the Italian countryside. The biblical subject of the Flight into Egypt, a scene of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus fleeing King Herod, is barely visible, dwarfed by the vast panorama of the landscape.