The Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Herman van Swanevelt — Herman van Swanevelt. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, mid-17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

by Herman van Swanevelt

Quick Overview

Artist: Herman van Swanevelt (Dutch, Woerden (?) ca. 1603–1655 Paris)
Date: mid-17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/16 x 10 15/16 in. (21.1 x 27.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.165

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Open-access museum record · AT-00021478

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