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Studies for a Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1571–1639
Not on view
In this robust drawing for his painting now in the Gamäldegalerie of Kassel, Germany, Manetti portrayed the Madonna as a humble down-to-earth mother, giving her infant son something to drink. Although he came under the spell of Caravaggio's dramatic realism, Manetti was at first the pupil of Francesco Vanni (1563-1610), whose fantastically delicate, airborne Virgin Mary is seen at right. Listed by Claus Virch in his catalogue of the Baker collection with a tentative attribution to Annibale Carracci, the drawing was recognized by Philip Pouncey in 1965 as Manetti's study for a painting, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, now in the Gamäldegalerie (repr. Rutilio Manetti 1571-1639, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1978, p. 81). Another study for this subject, in oil paint on paper, is preserved in the Louvre, it comes from the collection of Pierre-Jean Mariette, who recognized it as the work of Manetti (Inv. 1285).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Studies for a Rest on the Flight into Egypt
  • Artist: Rutilio Manetti (Italian, Siena 1570–1639 Siena)
  • Date: 1571–1639
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk (the faint sketch of Saint Joseph and the donkey at left background is entirely in red chalk)
  • Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 7 1/4in. (23.9 x 18.4cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
  • Object Number: 1972.118.259
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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