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Escape to Egypt
Chesnokov Peter- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 120 × 100 cm
- Year
- 2017
Mary cradles the infant Christ on a donkey by night, led by a boy, with Joseph walking alongside under a full moon.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Mysterious
- Themes
- Animal · Children · Figurative · Religion
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
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About this work
A nocturnal procession crosses a barren landscape: a woman in pale robes rides a dark donkey, holding a swaddled infant to her chest, while a bearded old man walks beside the animal, leaning on a staff. Ahead, a barefoot boy leads the donkey by its rein. Bare palm trees stand at left, and a large pale moon hangs in the blue sky.
The scene is bathed in deep blues and violets, with the figures' pale robes, warm skin, and the pink-white moon breaking the cool monochrome, while the ground glows dusty rose beneath the donkey's feet. Forms are simplified and stylized, with flattened faces and elongated silhouettes rather than naturalistic modeling, lending the night journey a hushed, mysterious mood.
