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Maerten van Heemskerck
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Kress Catalogue NumberK1872

Identifier2283

ArtistHeemskerck, Maerten van, 1498-1574

NationalityNetherlandish

Datec. 1530

Mediumoil on panel

Type of ObjectPainting

Dimensions57.7 x 74.7 cm (22 11/16 x 29 7/16 in)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

Historical AttributionScorel, Jan van, 1495-1562

ProvenanceHeinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig [d. 1862]. His grandson, Heinrich Vieweg, Braunschweig [d. 1890]; [1] his heirs; (sale, Berlin, Lepke's, 18 March 1930, no. 49, as by Jan van Scorel). Antonio von Riedemann, Meggen, Switzerland. (Frederick Mont, New York); purchased 30 January 1952 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA. [1] Ludwig Scheibler and Wilhelm Bode, "Verzeichniss der Gemalde des Jan van Scorel," Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 2 (1881), 212, record the painting as being in the Vieweg collection; for Heinrich Campe see Friedrich Winkler, "Die Sammlung Vieweg," Pantheon 5 (1930), 78, repro. 73.

Accession Number1961.9.36

Kress Number1872

Legacy NGA Number1398

1 Acquisition

Frederick Mont, Inc., January 30, 1952 [1]

1 Distribution

Gift to National Gallery of Art, December 09, 1961

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