New light on Titian's 'Flight into Egypt' in the Hermitage

The article discusses the c. 1507 painting Flight into Egypt, by Titian, part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in Russia. The author describes 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari's description of the painting and traces its attribution and provenance. The author suggests that the painting was originally intended to depict the Adoration in a landscape, as conceived by the artist Giorgione. Also discussed is the conservation and X-radiography of the painting.