The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1682

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image features a landscape seen from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The horizon is low, with hills fading into the distance, enhancing the sense of depth. Trees with delicate branches frame the scene. The brushstrokes are fine and controlled, contributing to a dreamy quality. The color scheme is primarily soft blues and grays. A group of figures is seated on a knoll in the foreground, blending into the serene surroundings. The overall scene captures a tranquil moment with a harmonious use of color and form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and blue wash and graphite, heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 12.6 x 16.6 cm (4 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethlisberger 1968, no. 1129

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Sr. [1665-1745], London (Lugt 2183); (his sale, 1747); purchased by his son-in-law, Thomas Hudson [1701-1779], London (Lugt 2432); possibly William Bateson [1861-1926], London; Sir James Knowles [1831 - 1909] London; (Colnaghi, London, 1908); purchased 20 October 1908 by; R. Horace Gallatin, New York; given to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Claude Lorrain 1600-1682. National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. Washington, 1982: 297, no. 75.

2007

  • Claude Lorrain - The Painter as Draftsman: Drawings from the British Museum. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 (not in cat.; shown only in Washington).

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 66-67, 278, no. 24 (color).

Bibliography

1961

  • Roethlisberger, Marcel. "Drawings by Claude Lorrain in American Museums," The Art Quarterly 24, no. 4 (Winter 1961), 352 (fig. 7), 354.

1968

  • Roethlisberger, Marcel. Claude Lorrain: The Drawings. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968: no. 1129.

1989

  • Langdon, Helen. Claude Lorrain. Oxford, 1989: 150, 153, pl. 120.

Inscriptions

in later hand, across bottom verso: Claudio Gillee. f: Romae 1682

Watermarks

partial (undeciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q64540119

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