The Flight into Egypt
Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Flemish, 1596-1675)
c. 1650
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
Shipping & returns
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Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
The flight into Egypt—a common subject in European art—refers to an episode in the life of Christ when his family fled King Herod, who sought to kill the infant Jesus. Abraham van Diepenbeeck made the theme his own by including an angel and the inquisitive cow at bottom right. This panel was not intended to be a finished painting; it is instead a grisaille (monochrome grey) oil sketch, which was then translated into an engraving. Collaborating with printmakers could be lucrative for painters while also providing an opportunity to advertise their artistry more widely.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 43.8 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 2 owners
Provenance
- Fondatie Terninck in the parish of Saint George, Antwerp, by about 1748,; probably dispersed by 1767.
- Michael Straus (died 1943), Hinsdale, Illinois, possibly from 1893; by descent to Michael W. Straus, Washington, D.C.; given to the Art Institute, 1963.
