Art Record
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Metadata
Artist |
Wilhelm, Heinrich |
Title |
Flight into Egypt |
Description |
A figure carrying a staff leads a donkey with a rider with a halo around its head. In reference to the Biblical Flight into Egypt, the figure leading the donkey is presumably Joseph, leading the Virgin Mary and Christ child. |
Medium |
Ink on paper |
Date |
1955 |
Dimensions |
H-18 W-23 inches |
Catalog Number (Object ID) |
IJ1992.800 |
Art or Archive Type (Painting, book...) |
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Credit line |
Gift of Isabelle Johnson Estate |
Collection |
Isabelle Johnson Collection |
Subject Terms |
Donkeys Riders Deserts Ink Mothers & children Christianity |