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Description: | Juan Sánchez Cotán is renowned for his still life paintings, but he also painted religious subjects. This representation of the Apocryphal episode of the Flight into Egypt, probably intended for an altarpiece, may be a work by a painter of his circle. The image of Joseph as guide and protector of the Christ child is indebted to the devotion to Joseph which was promoted by Saint Teresa and the Carmelite Order. Mary and the angels, who fed the Holy Family during their journey, appear in the background. Cotán and his circle were influenced by Italian painters working for Philip II at El Escorial. | Subjects: | St Joseph Christ) religion (Flight into Egypt | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sánchez Cotán, Juan (Spanish painter, died 1627) Æ Circle of Previously attributed to Fernández de Navarrete, Juan (Spanish painter, ca.1526-1579) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8965... | Go to resource |
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