Flight into Egypt
Maker
(artist)
1762-1844
1762-1844
Title
Flight into Egypt
Date of Production
(after) 1830
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.148
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Dr Curt Glaser, Berlin (1879-1943); his sale, Max Perl (Berlin), 18-19 May 1933, lot 400; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978. This was one of eight drawings subject to a spoliation claim that was denied by the Spoliation Advisory Panel in 2009 and again in 2020.
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 148
pl. CVIII
dated c. 1807-10
no. 148
pl. CVIII
dated c. 1807-10
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: "J WHATMAN / 1830".
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, signed: “Bison”. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, lot number from the Curt Glaser auction held 18-19 May 1933: “400”; lower right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, signed: “Bison”. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, lot number from the Curt Glaser auction held 18-19 May 1933: “400”; lower right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
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