Gerard David (artist) Netherlandish, c. 1460 - 1523 The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1510 oil on panel painted surface: 41.9 x 42.2 cm (16 1/2 x 16 5/8 in.) Overall (panel): 44.3 x 44.9 cm (17 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.) framed: 69.2 x 54.6 cm (27 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.43 On View

From the Tour: The Netherlands and France in the 1500s
Object 3 of 8

Provenance

The Rev. Montague Taylor [d. 1896], London, acquired c. 1845; (sale Christie's, London, 19 May 1897, no. 152). (P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London). Acquired March 1898 by Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris;[1] acquired from Kann estate in 1907 by (Duveen Brothers, New York). J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr. [1837-1913], New York, acquired c. 1908.[2] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased December 1935 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] Burton Fredericksen (Getty Provenance Index) provided John Oliver Hand (Curator of Northern Renaissance Paintings, NGA) with the date of acquisition, the preceding sale and dealer information, as well as the date of acquisition by Duveen.

[2] Information in Knoedler brochure in the NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

• Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
• Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Kann, Rodolphe
• Knoedler & Company, M.
• Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
• Morgan, Sr., J. Pierpont
• Taylor, Montague, Rev.

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