The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Details

Flemish School, circa 1560
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
signed with monogram 'HAR. f.' (lower left)
oil on canvas, transferred from panel
26 1/8 x 32¼ in. (66.5 x 82 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1997, lot 129 (£41,100 to the present owner).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The artist, whose monogram appears in the lower left of the picture, has yet to be identified. When the picture was last sold at auction, Dr. Walter Gibson noted, on the basis of photographs, that the style was influenced by the work of Lucas Gassel and that the artist may have been active in Gassel's workshop. That view was supported by Dr. Luc Serck, who also noted that the iconography is linked to works from the Gassel workshop.

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