The Flight into Egypt
c. 1550/1575
Artist
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 41
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 23.6 x 15 cm (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
framed: 42.2 x 33.3 x 5.7 cm (16 5/8 x 13 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1961.9.81
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Imperial collection, Belvedere Palace, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, by 1783;[1] Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, c. 1891; (Frederick Mont, New York); purchased 24 September 1953 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] The earliest mention of the painting is in Christian von Mechel, Verzeichniss der Gemälde der Kaiserlich Königlichen Bilder Gallerie in Wien (Vienna, 1783), 167, no. 77. On the reverse of the panel are five paper labels: 23; II.D.u.N.II.20 (this refers to the painting's location in the Belvedere Palace, that is, on the second floor, German and Netherlandish gallery, second room); Aus dem Inventar des Gemäldegalerie gestrichen. Wien II Februar 1952.; Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien / Direktion der Gemäldegalerie stamped, K 1970 in pencil; 2 St:37:/A.N.S./ N:37; Gemälde Galerie des Allerh. Kaisershauses. No. 953, crossed out in red ink.
[2] See The Kress Collection Digital archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2179.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 44.
Bibliography
1783
Mechel, Christian von. Verzeichniss der Gemälde der Kaiserlich Königlichen Bilder Gallerie in Wien. Vienna, 1783: 167, no. 77 (French ed. 1784).
1845
Krafft, Albert. Catalogue de la galerie de tableaux impériale et royale au Belvédère à Vienne. Vienna, 1845: 213, no. 23 (German ed. 1849).
1866
Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Vienna, 1866: 183, no. 20.
1880
"Notizen." Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 15 (1880): 128, repro. after 128, etching by H. L. Fischer.
1884
Engerth, Edouard von. Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, Gemälde. 3 vols. Vienna, 1884: 2:29-30, no. 691.
1896
Schaeffer, August, W. von Wartenegg, and Gustav Glück. Kunsthist. Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses: Führer durch die Gemälde-Galerie. Alte Meister. II. Nieder. und Deutsche Schulen. Vienna, 1896: 15, no. 664.
1899
Frimmel, Theodor von. Geschichte der Wiener Gemäldesammlungen. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1899: 1:465, no. 664.
1903
Suida, Wilhelm. Wien. Moderner Cicerone. 2 vols. Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig, 1903: 1:98, as Patinir.
1907
Schaeffer, August, and Gustav Glück. Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses. Die Gemäldegalerie. Alte Meister. Vienna, 1907: 154, no. 664.
1911
Preyer, David. The Art of the Vienna Galleries. Boston, 1911: 91.
1938
Baldass, Ludwig. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie. Vienna, 1938: 128, no. 664.
1946
Weissenhofer, Anselm. Wiener Madonnen. Vienna, 1946: 20-21, fig. 21.
1956
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 140, no. 54, repro.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 289, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 100.
1968
Koch, Robert A. Joachim Patinir. Princeton, 1968: 47, 84, no. 34, fig. 68.
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 88, repro.
Faggin, Giorgio T. La pittura ad Anversa nel Cinquecento. Florence, 1968: 40, fig. 68.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 262, repro.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 135, no. 134, repro. 134.
1977
Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 90-91, fig. 79.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 135, no. 128, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 301, repro.
1986
Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 225-227, repro. 227.
Wikidata ID
Q20176476