The Flight into Egypt

1613

Hendrik Goudt after Adam Elsheimer

Associated Names
Hendrik Goudt

Artist, Dutch, 1585 - 1648

Adam Elsheimer

Artist After, German, 1578 - 1610

The image displays a nocturnal landscape with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is low, obscured by large trees casting a silhouette against the sky. A dark sky features a prominent moon reflecting on water extending into the horizon. The water on the left adds depth. Moonlight illuminates the scene, including figures in the center surrounded by foliage. On the right, a group gathers around a fire, providing bright illumination against the dark. Fine brushstrokes render detailed light and shadow, with earthy tones and deep blues creating a dramatic visual impact.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 34.5 × 39.5 cm (13 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
    mount: 35 × 40 cm (13 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.159

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts, Toledo Museum of Art; Museum of Islamic Art, Doha; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2015-2016, unnumbered catalogue, repro. (shown only in Baltimore).

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1981

  • Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Exh. cat. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1981:, pp.73-75, 44.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image: Profugit in tenebris lux mundi, et conditor orbis / Exul apud Pharios latitat (res mira) tyrannos. / Rebus in adversis exemplum hinc sumite Christi, / Quem semper tristi fortuna exercuit ira. H. Goudt. Palat. Comes et Aur. Mil. Eques 1613; recto: at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: B-159 [upsidedown]; at bottom center, in graphite, in later hand: 66. 1[circled]. T[?]. 66 / H. Goudt And. 3

Markings

recto: none; verso: Dublette der Albertina (Lugt 5g)

Watermarks

fleur de lis over shield

Wikidata ID

Q64957619

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