The Flight into Egypt
Date17th Century
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions65 1/2 × 82 1/2 inches (166.37 × 209.55 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Green and Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Green
Object number48.96
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesThe Virgin Mary, seated on a donkey lead by Joseph, holds the sleeping Christ Child. Joseph, a staff on his shoulder and a basket of tools on his back, walks to the right, looking back at Mary and the Child. In the left background are trees, to the right a view of trees and hills.
On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 7
ProvenanceCollection Sir William Chapman;
Mitchem, County of Surrey, England, Collection Sir James Mendez;
Sale, Mendez Collection, February 25-26, 1756
Collection Sornson Gideon, 1756;
Collection Sir Sampson Gideon, 1766;
Belvedere, Kent Collection Lord Saye and Sele;
Collection Sir Culling Eardley, 1848;
Collection Mrs. Culling Hanbury, 1871;
Collection Sir Francis Fremantle, 1938;
Collection James Freemantle;
(sale) Christie's, 1945;
Collection Maurice Harris, 1945;
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