In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In this composition, Gregorio Pagani remained close to the New Testament account of the final episode of Christ’s nativity (Matthew 2:13–23), in which Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus fled into Egypt after learning that King Herod intended to kill all the male infants of Jerusalem. Staff in hand, Joseph forges ahead while Mary and Jesus follow behind on a donkey. Fluttering angels hover above; one at the left urges the Holy Family onward. Pagani was commissioned by the Médicis to create decorative schemes for their celebrations, and especially for altarpieces for churches and convents, but few of his paintings have survived. He is best known for highly finished, fully realized drawings such as this example in pristine condition.
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Anonymous|Justus Sadeler — The Flight into Egypt
Antonio Tempesta — The Flight into Egypt
Jan Muller|Harmen Jansz. Muller|Dirck Barendsz. — Holy Famil
Stefano della Bella — Flight into Egypt
Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664) — Flight into Egypt
Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Campi — Rest on the Flight into Egypt; 
Jean Mignon (French, active c. 1535–55) — The Adoration of t
Jan (Johannes) Wierix|Maerten de Vos — Virgin and Child Enth
Jean-Baptiste de Poilly|Gaudenzio Ferrari — The Nativity, wi
Ludovico Carracci|Francesco Brizio — The Return from Egypt
Giorgio Ghisi — The Virgin of Sorrows: The Flight into Egypt
Anonymous, Italian, Genoese, 16th century — Adoration of the
