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Cleveland Museum of Art172581portraitGregorio Pagani (Italian, 1558–1605)c. 1590CC0cma african-global-heritage sacred-art design-assets ink-paper-impressions african global heritage sacred art design assets ink paper impressions virgin mary jesus joseph flight into egypt religious art drawing etching monochrome brown tones renaissance italian art angel childhood medieval religious scene detailed the flight egyptGregorio Pagani (Italian, 1558–1605) c. 1590 Italy, 16th century pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on beige paper Drawing European ReligiousAfrican & Global Heritage Sacred & Devotional The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions
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The Flight into Egypt by Gregorio Pagani (Italian, 1558–1605) (c. 1590). John L. Severance Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.67
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In this composition, Gregorio Pagani remained close to the New Testament account of the final episode of Christ’s nativity (Matthew 2:13–23), in which Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus fled into Egypt after learning that King Herod intended to kill all the male infants of Jerusalem. Staff in hand, Joseph forges ahead while Mary and Jesus follow behind on a donkey. Fluttering angels hover above; one at the left urges the Holy Family onward. Pagani was commissioned by the Médicis to create decorative schemes for their celebrations, and especially for altarpieces for churches and convents, but few of his paintings have survived. He is best known for highly finished, fully realized drawings such as this example in pristine condition.
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A monochromatic drawing depicts the Virgin Mary, infant Jesus, and Joseph riding a donkey towards a distant town, accompanied by angels.
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