Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Algardi)

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a c.1640 gilt-bronze relief by Alessandro Algardi. [1] It and its companion piece The Martyrdom of St Paul are both contemporary replicas of the artist's reliefs accompanying the same artist's The Martyrdom of St Paul, a marble group for San Paolo Maggiore in Bologna. [2] Both replicas are both now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, whilst a second version of Rest is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. [3]

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References

  1. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt | Algardi, Alessandro | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
  2. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "The Martyrdom of Saint Paul | Algardi, Alessandro | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
  3. "The Rest on the Flight to Egypt: M.1-1939". The Fitzwilliam Museum.