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The Flight into Egypt

Artist Felipe Vigarny (French, active in Spain, ca. 1475–1542)
Title The Flight into Egypt
Date 1515–1530
Medium Painted and gilded wood
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 30 in. (121.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of James Adams in memory of Marvelle Warne Adams, William Lowe Bryan Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 65.51

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This panel originally formed part of a retablo (a multi-paneled, architectural altarpiece) in an as-yet-unidentified Spanish church. It has been attributed to Felipe Vigarny, a Burgundian sculptor who settled in 1498 in Burgos, Spain, where he established a successful workshop specializing in retablos. Vigarny’s reliefs are distinguished by a sense of depth, the detailed rendering of textures and textiles, and naturalistic landscape backgrounds.


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"The Flight into Egypt | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=65.51