National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | Three Centuries of Italian Art
Angelo CAROSELLI, Rest on the flight into Egypt [Riposo nella fuga in Egitto] c.1640-50
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:01:26
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Synopsis
Travelling to Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod, the Holy family is seen resting beside a stream. Joseph is in the background, and it may be Salome the midwife who gives cherries a fruit which alludes to Paradise, to baby Jesus while a shepherdess looks on. The distant obelisk and the sarcophagus may refer to their destination or more generally to the sacrifice of Christ.