Accession.Number	2013.0.349
Title	The Flight Into Egypt
Artist	Durer, Albrecht
Creator.Role	artist
Date	Estimated Reproduction 1890-1910
Subject	Religion Donkeys Bridges Palms
Description	This image is of a woman dressed in long robes, with her head covered by a scarf, seated on the back of a donkey being lead by a man with a beard and a cane sitting on his shoulder. The man is dressed in a loose fitting top that goes down to his mid thighs and boots that go up to his knees. The woman and donkey are being led by the man from the left to the right side of the image. They are facing towards a small brick bridge that is over a creek. There is also a steer next to the donkey on the interior of the piece.In the background is forest with flora and palm trees. In the sky in the upper right corner are the heads of angel like figures with wings amongst clouds. In the lower left corner is a wood fence like structure. Below one leg of the fence are the initials of the artist on a small board.
Inscription	210
Medium	ink
Technique	Intaglio
Culture	German
Context	works of significance; printmaking; printmaking: intaglio; black & white; figurative; narrative; representational; liturgical/devotional works
Type	print
Measurements.Image	7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches
Material.Support	paper
Artist Biography	German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer was born May 21, 1471, in Nurnberg. In 1494 he traveled to Italy, where he remained until 1495. After visiting Venice in 1495, he intensely studied mathematics, geometry, Latin, and humanist literature. He expressed himself primarily through prints; painting was less profitable, and Lutheran church reformers disdained most religious artworks. Dürer's paintings are few and more traditional than his engravings and woodcuts. In 1498 he published the first book entirely produced by an artist, The Apocalypse , which included fourteen woodcuts illustrating the Book of Revelation. Its vivid imagery, masterly draftsmanship, and complex iconography established his reputation. After visiting Italy again from 1505 to 1507, Dürer's art assimilated Renaissance principles. Unlike his earlier, more Gothic woodcuts, Dürer's engravings of 1513 and 1514 suggest the influence of Italian chiaroscuro and were conceived in painterly terms, using a range of velvety tones rather than lines. His drawings include studies of hands, draperies, and costume, portraits, Madonnas, and intimate and detailed watercolor studies of nature. Despite the impressive scope of his workshop, Dürer left no direct successors, though his easily transportable prints were influential throughout Europe.
Publisher	Faksimile - Reproduction der Reichsbrucherei Berlin
Institution	St. Catherine University
Copyright	This digital image may not be reproduced for any reason without the express written consent of St. Catherine University.
Campus availability	available, needs framing, borrower or borrower's department must cover cost

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