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CARAVAGGIO: Rest on the Flight into Egypt

🖼 Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1597
Oil on canvas
135,5 × 166,5 cm
Rome, Italy

Soft golden light bathes Mary and the Christ Child in intimate repose, while an angel plays violin beside them. Caravaggio transforms a biblical escape into tender domesticity, pioneering dramatic chiaroscuro that revolutionized religious painting's emotional immediacy.

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Sebastian Schütze
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