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Flight into Egypt
Flight into Egypt

Flight into Egypt

Primary (Genoa, Italy, 1547–1637)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1589
MediumGouache heightened with gold on vellum
DimensionsSheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (24 × 18 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Jack S. Blanton Curatorial Endowment Fund, 2008
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2008.135
On View
Not on view
Label Text
Castello was the last master of miniature painting in Italy. His specialty was the translation of famous works by other artists. Here the composition depends upon Dürer’s woodcut of the scene in his Life of the Virgin. With their meticulous attention to craft and their restrained style, such miniatures were very popular as luxurious objects of private devotion. Despite the limited scope of his art, Castello was the most successful artist in Genoa during the 1590s.
Exhibitions
Polyhymnia
Polyhymnia
Giovanni Battista Castello, called Bergamasco
1561-63
Minerva (recto and verso)
Minerva (recto and verso)
Giovanni Battista Castello, called Bergamasco
circa 1560-62
The Dispute between Athena and Arachne
The Dispute between Athena and Arachne
Giovanni Battista Castello, called Bergamasco
circa 1560-62
Page from a Missal (from the section, Of a Dedication of a Church)
Page from a Missal (from the section, Of a Dedication of a Church)
Unknown possibly French
1400
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Unknown Italian
1701
Young Peasant Woman Holding a Wine Flask
Young Peasant Woman Holding a Wine Flask
Giacomo Ceruti (Il Pitocchetto)
circa 1737-1738
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Jacopo Palma il Giovane
after 1590
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Giovane
1573
Juno Appearing to a Huntsman
Juno Appearing to a Huntsman
Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
1635
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1626
The Holy Family with a Town in the Distance, from the Idee Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto [Picturesque Variations on the Flight into Egypt]
The Holy Family with a Town in the Distance, from the Idee Pittoresche sopra la Fugga in Egitto [Picturesque Variations on the Flight into Egypt]
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1750-53
The Holy Family Preparing for the Flight into Egypt
The Holy Family Preparing for the Flight into Egypt
Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
circa 1753