Follower of Claude Gellée, called Le Lorrain

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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Follower of Claude Gellée, called Le Lorrain
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
with inventory number 'No 18' (lower right) and inscribed on the relining canvas
oil on canvas
12¾ x 16½ in. (32.4 x 41.9 cm.)

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Prof. Marcel Rothlisberger for confirming that the present picture derives from Claude's preparatory drawing for the National Gallery's Hagar and the Angel published in the 1877 Liber Veritatis.

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