id:			172581
accession number:	2015.67
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.67
updated:		2023-09-22 11:12:34.367000

The Flight into Egypt, c. 1590. Gregorio Pagani (Italian, 1558–1605). Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on beige paper; sheet: 39.9 x 25 cm (15 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2015.67

title:				The Flight into Egypt
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creation date:			c. 1590
creation date earliest:		1580
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on beige paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Gregorio Pagani (Italian, 1558–1605)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 39.9 x 25 cm (15 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed, upper left, "i. . .", and numbered, upper right, 52
inscribed in brown ink, "verso, Di mano del Bamberucci denetri (?) da lui" and "pagani" (?)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2018-03-17T04:00:00
	<i>Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* New York and London, P. &amp; D. Colnaghi, Master Drawings, 1995, cat. no. 11<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"

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PROVENANCE

	P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1995; Private collection, New York, until 2015
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In this composition, Gregorio Pagani remained close to the New Testament account of the final episode of Christ’s nativity (Matthew 2:13–23), in which Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus fled into Egypt after learning that King Herod intended to kill all the male infants of Jerusalem. Staff in hand, Joseph forges ahead while Mary and Jesus follow behind on a donkey. Fluttering angels hover above; one at the left urges the Holy Family onward. Pagani was commissioned by the Médicis to create decorative schemes for their celebrations, and especially for altarpieces for churches and convents, but few of his paintings have survived. He is best known for highly finished, fully realized drawings such as this example in pristine condition.
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