Rest on the Flight into Egypt

painting by Andrea Solari

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Andrea Solari's Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1515) is a Renaissance painting by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci. The work is noted for its harmonious and detailed landscape background, showcasing Solari's artistic temperament influenced by Leonardo da Vinci and Antonello da Messina. Solari, a painter of the Milanese school, also created other notable works such as A Man with a Pink Carnation and The Virgin breastfeeding the Child. His travels to France and possibly Flanders may have contributed to the Flemish character observed in his later paintings, including Rest on the Flight into Egypt.1

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…later works, such as the Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1515), with its harmonious and detailed landscape background. To this period belong the Lute Player (c. 1510) and the Portrait of Girolamo Morone (c. 1515–22), which vividly recalls the style of Hans Holbein the Younger.
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…later works, such as the Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1515), with its harmonious and detailed landscape background. To this period belong the Lute Player (c. 1510) and the Portrait of Girolamo Morone (c. 1515–22), which vividly recalls the style of Hans Holbein the Younger.
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