THE HOLY FAMILY ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
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The Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, ca. 1480–1538)

1520

Medium
Woodcut on off-white laid paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
H: OM232 W: OM171
Culture
Germany
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Ex-coll. Albertina, Vienna (mark not in Lugt)??? Given by Leo Wallerstein
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

Vertical rectangle. Interior of baptistery, with a large fountain in the foreground. Angels at the fountain. A pilgrim at left.