The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
possibly Italian (Genoese) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
610 x 464 mm (24 x 18 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609034
Summary
Oil painting on copper, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Italian School, mid 17th century. The Holy Family resting beneath a tree, in a wooded landscape, attended by putti and an angel bringing flowers – on the right sits the Virgin on an embankment, dressed in pink with a blue cloak draped across her lap and legs, she is suckling the Christ Child at her left breast, her head is turned to a winged angel looking down on her and standing to her right dressed in a light flowing drape and holding [?] ; Joseph sits centre, to the left of the angel, his back to the spectator, holding up a book and looking towards the Virgin; two winged putti play on the ground beneath the Christ Child and two further putti descend from the sky to the left, one carrying a tray of flowers, the other scattering them; wooded landscape in foreground, with distant view of houses to the left with sky above.
Provenance
Attingham collection. 1847 Catalogue of Paintings, p.15; 1861 Inventory p.220; 1913 Inventory p.63; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse: 38 On stretcher (top): 16 3 Ur 3 (?) On stretcher (middle): ATTINGHAM (on typed label) red wax seal depicting two lions rampant under a triangle On stretcher (bottom): Freeman & Son Ltd., Picture Restorers .... No.(ink) 1146 (F) Fix loose paint and restore ATT/P/098 (in pink chalk) On stretcher (right): Lord Berwick H5 On stretcher (right): 19 On reverse of frame (top): indecipherable ink marks On reverse of frame (bottom): W.F. & S. No. (in ink)1146 (F), 16 (ink on gold label) ATT/P/098 (in pink chalk) On reverse of frame (right): Lord Berwick H 5 On reverse of frame (right): 19
Makers and roles
possibly Italian (Genoese) School, artist Italian School, artist