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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.2685
Description
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. The Holy Family resting under a large tree in the centre, a sarcophagus next to a river to the left, two pyramids to the right, several architectural blocks and bushes in the foreground, palm trees and Egyptian temples in the background; in an oval Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Abraham Genoels
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1675-1691
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
145 millimetres
Width:
192 millimetres
Curator's comments
For a pendant to this print, see S.2686. The top right corner is creased
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(10)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(IV.328.10)
Weigel 1843 / Suppléments au Peintre-Graveur de Adam Bartsch
(undescribed)
Regnault-Delalande 1817 / Catalogue Raisonné des Estampes du Cabinet de M le Comte Rigal
(148.10)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
rest on flight into egypt
Associated names
Representation of:
Holy Family
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Egypt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.2685
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.2685