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Rest on the flight into Egypt

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675

Title

Rest on the flight into Egypt

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and grey ink, blue wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.9 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2834

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

William W. Freshfield, London and Sussex (1845-1934); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 2 November 1934, lot 8; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 September 1936 (£5, as tentatively by Poussin); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: bunch of grapes (variant of Heawood 2312 – 1606-07).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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