The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Details

Circle of Adriaen Bloemaert (Utrecht 1609-1666)
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
oil on canvas
32½ x 39 1/8 in. (82.6 x 99.3 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Fischer, Lucerne, 3 June 1978, lot 333, as Abraham Bloemaert.
Private Collection, Zurich.

Literature

M.G. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons. Paintings and prints, Doornspijk, 1993, I, pp. 370-1, no. 668 and II, pl. 337.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Marcel G. Roethlisberger notes that the compositional elements reflect the paintings and prints of Bloemaert from the period of 1599 to 1605 and that the angel is of the type found in his work of c. 1610. He, therefore, considers the painting to be the work of a pupil, datable to c. 1610-1615 (op. cit., p. 370.)

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