Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Quick Overview

Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728–1779 Rome)
Date: mid-18th–late 18th century
Medium: Red chalk, graphite; squared in graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 11/16 in. (41.4 x 32.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.616

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.