Loading
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Maarten van Heemskerckc. 1530
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
- Creator: Maerten van Heemskerck
- Date Created: c. 1530
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 57.7 x 74.7 cm (22 11/16 x 29 7/16 in.) framed: 82.5 x 99.7 x 8.2 cm (32 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig [d. 1862]. His grandson, Heinrich Vieweg, Braunschweig [d. 1890];[1] his heirs; (sale, Berlin, Lepke's, 18 March 1930, no. 49, as by Jan van Scorel). Antonio von Riedemann, Meggen, Switzerland. (Frederick Mont, New York); purchased 30 January 1952 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] Ludwig Scheibler and Wilhelm Bode, "Verzeichniss der Gemalde des Jan van Scorel," _Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen_ 2 (1881), 212, record the painting as being in the Vieweg collection; for Heinrich Campe see Friedrich Winkler, "Die Sammlung Vieweg," _Pantheon_ 5 (1930), 78, repro. 73. [2] See The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2283.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on panel
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.