Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Charles Poërson’s ‘Rest on the Flight into Egypt’ is an oil painting from around 1640. The panel is wood rather than canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting shows Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resting during their journey. It is part of the museum’s French collection.

Charles Poërson was born in 1609 and died in 1667. He was a French painter and taught his son, Charles-François Poerson, who also became a painter.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.32

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