# The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

**Gerard David** (Netherlandish, 1455–1523)  
ca. 1512–15  
Oil on wood  
21 in. × 15 11/16 in. (53.3 × 39.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.7.21. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436101).

## About this work

Gerard David painted this in about 1512–15, aged about 57. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Gerard David](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gerard-david)

Netherlandish, 1455–1523; born in Oudewater; died in Bruges

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 57
- Real size: about 21 × 16 in (53 × 40 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: Madonna and Child, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Nursing
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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