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Flight into Egypt (formerly 'Rustic scene with travellers on horses')

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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.

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