The Flight into Egypt

c. 1550/1575

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 41

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on panel

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • 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

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