The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Jan Massys|Master of the Liège Disciples at Emmaus

1537–40 · Oil on wood · European Paintings

This depiction masterfully demonstrates advances in the development of new genres of painting in the 1530s in Antwerp, namely landscape and still-life, and the introduction of figural motifs derived from the works of Leonardo da Vinci. Increasingly characteristic was a division of labor in workshops where one artist—Jan Massys—painted the figures, and another—the Master of the Liège Disciples at Emmaus—added the landscape.

Artist

Jan Massys|Master of the Liège Disciples at Emmaus

Date

1537–40

Medium

Oil on wood

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931