The Flight into Egypt, 18th Century

  • Anonymous

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 26 13/16 × 18 3/16 inches (68.1 × 46.2 cm)
  • 29 7/8 × 21 1/4 × 2 inches (75.9 × 54 × 5.1 cm)

Gift of Jacob Heimann

44.86

Jacob Heimann (New York, New York, USA)

1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Christmas Story in Art. Exh., Fort Wayne Art Museum. Fort Wayne, 1953 [painting was in exhibition, but there does not appear to have been a catalogue?]. Christmas Exhibition. Exh., Grand Rapids Art Gallery. Grand Rapids, 1957-8 [painting was in exhibition, but there does not appear to have been a catalogue?]. Fredericksen, B. and F. Zeri. Census of pre-19th century Italian paintings in North American collections. Cambridge, 1972, p. 234 [as unknown 18th century North Italian]. Bissell, R. W., A. Derstine, and D. Miller. Masters of Italian Baroque Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2005, p. 20, cat. no. 5 [entry by Andria Derstine].

Anonymous, The Flight into Egypt, 18th Century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jacob Heimann, 44.86.