Rest on Flight to Egypt (detail)
by CARAVAGGIO, Oil on canvas, width of detail 48 cm
The golden section splits the composition into two parts: the left-hand one, with St Joseph, the donkey, and stones, is dedicated to earthly life, while the right-hand area, which includes the Madonna and Child among living plants, is devoted to the divine world.
On this detail we can see before an autumnal river-front scene the sleeping Mary with a dozing infant in her left.