Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker


1503-1540

Title

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Date of Production

1523-1524

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 43.1 cm
Width: 47.3 cm

Object Number

P.1978.PG.308

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display
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Keywords

Label Text

This is one of the earliest works by the Italian artist Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, nicknamed Parmigianino (‘the little one from Parma’). He was only 20 years old when he painted it. His growing talent is already evident in the graceful figures of the angel and the Holy Family. However, their lack of interaction and the strange perspective of the ancient building behind them reveal Parmigianino’s youthful inexperience. The scene depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus on their journey to Egypt to escape persecution.

Provenance

Count Moritz Fries, Vienna, late 18th century; Freiherr Speck von Sternberg, Lützschena; Sir Thomas Lawrence; his sale Christie's, London, 15 May 1830 (lot 92); Miss Rogers by 1835; Samuel Rogers; his sale Christie's, London, 28ff April 1856 (lot 559); William Marshall Esq.; Sir Francis Cook by 1868; sold from Cook collection, Christie's, London, 25 Nov. 1966 (lot 63); acquired at sale by Count Antoine Seilern; Princes Gate Bequest, 1978.

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/05/2022-06/05/2022
National Gallery (permanent display during closure), National Gallery, London, 14/09/2018-03/09/2021
National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998
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Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
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Literature

The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
cat. no. 1
and on pp. 18, 155-58
Fig. p. p. 41 and figs. 52 on p. 155, detail on p. 154, technical images are figs. 54-60 on pp. 155-57
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 1
Fig. p. 4, infrared detail also on p. 4

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