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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Ambrosius Benson (c.1495–before 1550)

Campion Hall, University of Oxford

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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Our Lady is either reading to the infant Jesus or teaching him to read. It is a popular conceit. Benson shows the infant Jesus pointing out passages such as the Magnificat that refer to her. In this picture it can be presumed that the passages refer to the scenes in the background: the apocryphal search for the Holy Family by Herod's soldiers in the cornfield that grew up overnight, the tranquil progress into Egypt, parables such as the wheat and the chaff and symbols such as the peacock, symbol of the Passion. In the top right-hand corner is a Flemish version of the New Jerusalem.

Campion Hall, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 63.5 x W 56 cm

Accession number

156

Acquisition method

gift from R. Shirley

Work type

Painting

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Campion Hall, University of Oxford

Brewer Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QS England

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Ambrosius Benson

c.1495–before 1550

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