Flight into Egypt
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1554-1627
(artist)
1554-1627
Title
Flight into Egypt
Medium
black chalk, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 16.6 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).
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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