Flight into Egypt (formerly 'Rustic scene with travellers on horses')
Maker
(artist)
1609-1664
1609-1664
Title
Flight into Egypt (formerly 'Rustic scene with travellers on horses')
Medium
brush and red earth pigment mixed with a binding medium (turpentine or oil?) on laid paper; three pinholes at upper centre edge
Dimensions
Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 41.7 cm
Width: 41.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.509
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
Keywords
Provenance
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£3.6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1937-38 ...Less
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1937-38 ...Less
Literature
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 40
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 75
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 28 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 50 ...Less
cat. no. 40
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 75
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 28 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 50 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, brown ink: 4.
Inscription: Verso: left lower edge, brown ink: x9 [or b7 if read the other way].
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: left lower edge, brown ink: x9 [or b7 if read the other way].
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
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