''Rest on the Flight into Egypt'' is a 1630 painting by

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

, probably commissioned by a layman. Featuring the

Holy Family The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first ...

Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, Mary, and

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

, it was owned by

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name. The name " Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names. List of people Monarchs *Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459� ...

and is now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The

Rest on the Flight into Egypt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a subject in Christian art showing Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resting during their flight into Egypt. The Holy Family is normally shown in a landscape. The subject did not develop until the secon ...

was a popular subject in art.

Bibliography

*Gian Pietro Bellori, ''Vite de' pittori, scultori e architecti moderni'', Torino, Einaudi, 1976. *Didier Bodart, ''Van Dyck'', Prato, Giunti, 1997. *Christopher Brown, ''Van Dyck 1599-1641'', Milano, RCS Libri, 1999, . *Justus Müller Hofstede, ''Van Dyck'', Milano, Rizzoli/Skira, 2004. *Stefano Zuffi, ''Il Barocco'', Verona, Mondadori, 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1630 paintings Religious paintings by Anthony van Dyck Collection of the Alte Pinakothek van Dyck