[The rest on the flight into Egypt] [art original].
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16721023
Description
- Title
- [The rest on the flight into Egypt] [art original].
- Alternative Title
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Holy Family, in a landscape
Holy family, with boys and angels, in a landscape - Contributor
- Van Artois, Pieter, 1600-1652, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [first half 17th century]
- Publication Place
- Netherlands
- Abstract
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Holy Family seated before a steep hill in a landscape with lush trees. Mary with a gold halo holds the infant savior on her lap. Joseph sits to her proper right. The young St. John the Baptist standing to Mary’s proper left extends his hand with and offering for the infant. Flanking the group, winged putti gather flowers and pet a sheep. A pile of fruit lies before them. In the left foreground is a body of water. Buildings are visible in the left distance
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Label on front of frame: Avont Pieter van 1600-1652.
Attributed by Horace Walpole to Pieter Van Artois. Now attributed by curator to Antwerp School, first half of the 17th century.
Text from 1774 Description: East end: ... Holy family, with boy angels, in a landscape; by Van Artois, scholar of Rubens: from Sir Robert Walpole's collection. Formerly hung in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill.
Title from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The Holy Family, in a Landscape. St. John is seen presenting fruit to the Infant Saviour, with Angels fondling a Lamb and gathering fruit and flowers, a highly finished and exquisite specimen of the art, the colours most brilliant and in fine preservation, on copper, by Van Artois, a pupil of Rubens. From Sir Robert Walpole's collection. - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Robert Walpole, Downing Street, Westminster; Horace Walpole, £10.15.0; 1842, Strawberry Hill Sale, day 21, lot 57 bt G. M. Daubeney, Esq., £42; 2006 October 31, Sotheby's, Old Master Paintings, lot 47; bt Lowell Libson Ltd, London for Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. Sotheby's, lot 47; 31 October 2006.
- Extent
- 1 painting : stretcher 48.5 x 71 cm, framed to 62.2 x 86 cm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 178 Framed, on view in Long Hall
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Oil paintings (visual works)
- Material
- oil on copper ; and copper oil.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
- Biblical events
- Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Biblical events
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Antwerp School, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7779576
- Object ID (OID)
- 16721023
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