Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1617 - 1667
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
241 x 305 mm (9 1/2 x 12 in)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108896
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667), signed with initials. Poelenburgh spent several years in Rome and Florence. He also spent some time in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He visited England several times. Strongly influenced by Adam Elsheimer. A characteristic work by this Dutch Italianate artist, who was in Italy from 1617 to 1623, and after his return specialised in ideal landscapes, with figures inspired by the large-scale figural paintings of his Utrecht contemporaries.
Provenance
Recorded in Kedleston by 1766; gifted to the National Trust in 1986 by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667) , artist