Flight into Egypt, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (follower of), 1750 - 1810

Identification

Title(s)

Flight into Egypt

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3434

Description

De vlucht naar Egypte. De heilige familie wordt in een boot door een engel een rivier overgezet. Een putto helpt de boot van de kant afduwen, in de lucht twee cherubijnen. De ezel bevindt zich ook in de boot.

Creation

Artist

painter: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (follower of)

Dating

1750 - 1810

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 68 cm × width 101 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

crossing a river in a boat, perhaps an angel (or sometimes Charon) as ferryman ~ the flight into Egypt

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, fl. 4,200, to Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam, 1920;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 24, cat.nr. 52

Persistent URL

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