(b. 1559, Villa Castelvecchio di Cigoli, d. 1613, Roma)
The Flight into Egypt
c. 1608
Oil on copper, 51 x 37 cm
Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Cigoli painted the Flight into Egypt several times during his career. This painting on copper was commissioned by Ferdinando de' Medici in 1607 in Florence on behalf of Marguerite of Habsburg, Queen of Spain.
