Lorrain, Landscape with Rest in Flight to Egypt
1647
Oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
As the wording of the title suggests, the story of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus is incidental to the painting's purpose as a landscape. The family can be seen below the trees on the left. No palm tree is in evidence.
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