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1. [The rest on the flight into Egypt] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [first half 17th century]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 178 Framed, on view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Holy Family, in a landscape and Holy family, with boys and angels, in a landscape
- Description:
- 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., and 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Biblical events
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The rest on the flight into Egypt] [art original].
