Art, literature & history
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
1682
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with gray and blue wash and graphite, heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall (approximate): 12.6 x 16.6 cm (4 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1949.1.24
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Claude Lorrain. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt — Claude Lorrain. 1682.
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray and blue wash and graphite, heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (approximate): 12.6 x 16.6 cm (4 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1949.1.24. Gift of R. Horace Gallatin.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.