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Object Type
print
Museum number
1858,1113.265
Title
Object:
Le Repos en Egipte
Series:
Collection d'estampes d'apres les desseins originaux
(Collection of fifty prints after original drawings)
Description
Rest on the flight into Egypt, the Virgin standing with the Child in the foreground and St Joseph in the background, after Simone Cantarini (?). 1781 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Heinrich Theodor Joseph Bislinger
Print made by:
Johann Gerhard Huck
After:
Simone Cantarini
(?)
Published by:
Heinrich Theodor Joseph Bislinger
Published by:
Johann Gottlieb Prestel
School/style
German
Italian
Production date
1781
Production place
Published in:
Düsseldorf (city)
Published in:
Nuremberg
Published in:
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
251 millimetres
Height:
404 millimetres
Width:
187 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
304 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See comment for 1858,1113.229
Location
Not on display
Subjects
rest on flight into egypt
Associated names
Associated with:
Count Karl Vasilievitch Nesselrode
(dedicated to)
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
St Joseph
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir George Nugent
Acquisition date
1858
Acquisition notes
Book plate inside front binding with name of previous owner George Nugent.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1858,1113.265