# The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, in The 16th century

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

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1512–15
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 21 in. × 15 11/16 in. (53.3 × 39.8 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.7.21
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Gerard David](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gerard-david), Netherlandish, 1455–1523

2 works in the collection.

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- [Gerard David's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-gerard-david?hang=752) (8 works)
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