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Flight into Egypt

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1554-1627

Title

Flight into Egypt

Medium

black chalk, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 16.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1959.WF.4691

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1959

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 17 March 1959, lot 72 (with D.1955.WF.4692); purchased there by The Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: centre, brown ink: del Paggi.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, brown ink, partially cut off by loss of corner, upside down: Contando [or Cantando?] Lasser[...].

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: 3.

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: Recto: right centre edge, fragment: small 6-pointed star above two crossed arrows (as mark is cut off by edge of paper, unable to get full measurements, but likely matches one of the marks in the range Briquet 6289-6300, dated between 1509-1563).

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