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Object Type
Museum number: 1869,0410.1037
Title: Object: The Flight into Egypt
Description: The Flight into Egypt, after Domenichino; the Holy Family approaching from the right, with a mule, on the bank of a river, with a ferry boat on the right, nearing the bank, a pyramid and small temple with a triangular pediment among the trees on the far bank and two figures on the shore; with completed production details and crest. 1767 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Byrne; After: Domenichino (?); Published by: John Boydell
School/style
Production date: 1767
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 414 millimetres; Width: 523 millimetres (platemark)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See Spear p.324, who identifies the painting as one sold from Downton in 1979, but rejects the attribution to Domenichino (it was sold in 1979 as G.F.Grimaldi).
Location: Not on display
Subjects: flight into egypt; pyramid; temple
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca; Purchased through: Sotheby's (24-7.ii.1869/174); Purchased through: Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,0410.1037

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