The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David

The Virgin in a blue mantle sits on a rocky outcrop in a wooded landscape, nursing the Christ Child, who rests against her knee. Behind them, dense trees frame a distant town and a small figure on a path, painted in oil on wood with fine, detailed foliage.

Artist

Gerard David

Date

ca. 1512–15

Medium

Oil on wood

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3078 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949