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| The Flight into Egypt |
Artist:Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) (Italian, Ferrara ca. 1433–1495 Ferrara)
Date:1470s
Medium:Tempera on wood
Dimensions:Overall, with corners made up, 15 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (39.7 x 38.4 cm); painted surface, diameter 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
An artist of incomparable fantasy and expressive power, Tura was court painter to the dukes of Ferrara. This roundel belongs to a series of three showing the early life of Christ. The series may come from the base (predella) of an altarpiece and has been associated with Tura’s masterpiece, the Roverella Altarpiece, the central panel of which is in the National Gallery, London. The nervous, calligraphic line and mystical-seeming landscape are typical of the artist.
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