CESARI, Giuseppe
(b. 1568, Arpino, d. 1640, Roma)

Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail)

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Oil on canvas
Private collection

The face of the Virgin, with her delicately pointed nose, small, pert mouth, and large hooded eyes recalls that of the same figure in the artist's frescoes in the Aldobrandini chapel at the church of Santa Maria in Via, Rome.