Return from the Flight into Egypt

c.1592

Jacques de Gheyn II, after Karel van Mander I

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Robert de Baudous

Publisher, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Jacques Razet

Publisher, Dutch, active 1589 - 1609

Karel van Mander I

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1548 - 1606

This is a drawing of a procession of angels near ancient ruins. The scene features a group of winged figures, including cherubs and angelic figures, some playing musical instruments such as a harp. The setting is a landscape with old stone structures with arches covered in plants. In the background, there are hills and a distant cityscape. Some angels are leading an animal, while others are engaged in diverse activities. The overall tone is celebratory and lively, with the angels moving gracefully through the ruins.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 25.2 cm (7 x 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.9 x 26.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.517

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 33, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 19, 1973; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 378, i/i

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn Family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 33, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: Robb. de baud. exc; lower right, in image, in plate: KVMand Inuent: JDGheyn sculp: JRazet divulgavit; below image, in plate: Magne Puer Pharias profugus dum cedis in oras, / Sanctorum chorus aligerûm adblanditur eunti. / Ipsa etiam arudens offert sua munera tellus. / O fortunatam nimium tanto hospite gentem. (Big boy, while you flee to Pharaoh's domain, / the choir of winged saints caress you during your journey. / Even that country willingly presents you its gifts. / Oh, all too blessed people for such an important guest.)
[translation by Jan Bloemendal in The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Karel van Mander, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1999, no. 47, p. lxviii.]

Wikidata ID

Q76557077

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