Title: Rest on the Flight

Artist: Fra Bartolommeo

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt with Saint John the BaptistAbout 1509 Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta)Italian, 1472–1517 Oil on panel Having fled Bethlehem, the Holy Family rests beneath a date palm tree. In a beautifully orchestrated dialogue of gesture and gaze, Mary and Joseph look on as John the Baptist greets Jesus. The golden light reining over the city and the delicate handling of the small figures of the Holy Family show again inspiring through the mountains. Illustrate this High Renaissance artist’s ability to humanize the divine and sanctify the natural. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt with Saint John the Baptist About 1509 Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta) Italian, 1472–1517 Oil on panel Having fled Bethlehem, the Holy Family rests beneath a date palm tree. In a beautifully orchestrated dialogue of gesture and gaze, Mary and Joseph look on as John the Baptist greets Jesus. The golden light reining over the city and the delicate handling of the small figures of the Holy Family show again inspiring through the mountains. Illustrate this High Renaissance artist’s ability to humanize the divine and sanctify the natural.