The Flight into Egypt

between 1648 and 1650

Carlo Dolci Italian, 1616-1687

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About the Artwork

Title The Flight into Egypt

Artwork Date between 1648 and 1650

Artist Carlo Dolci

Life Dates 1616-1687

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 15 5/8 × 19 1/2 inches (39.7 × 49.5 cm) Framed: 20 5/8 × 27 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (52.4 × 69.2 × 4.1 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Poplack

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 72.222

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Marks Marked, verso, illegible blue-bordered label. Marked, verso, four round wax seals with monogram [possibly of Ralph Coote].

Provenance

by 1923, Sir Ralph Coote (Ballyfin, Mountraith, Queens Co., Ireland);
May 7, 1923, auction of Sir Ralph Coote collection by (Christie's, London, England), lot 273;
Mayb 7, 1923, purchased by (Berry, Head & Co., London, England).
(Erich Galleries, New York, New York, USA).
by 1951, E. Raymond Field (Detroit, Michigan, USA).
by 1966, (Victor D. Spark, New York, New York, USA);
1972, William Poplack (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1972-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Catalogue of Old Pictures: The Property of Sir Ralph Coote, Bart. of Ballyfin, Ireland. Sales cat., Christie's. London, 1923, lot 273.

A Loan Exhibition: Italian, Spanish, and French Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art and Grand Rapids Art Museum. Ann Arbor, 1951-1952, cat. 3.

Art Journal 25, no. 3 (1966): p. 279 (repr. only) [dealer ad].

Hakanson, Joy. "Gifts Boost Institute Collection." Detroit News, Sunday August 5, 1973.

Bulletin of the DIA 52, no. 1: Annual Report (1973): p. 55 (repr. only).

Painting in Florence, 1600-1700. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Fitzwilliam Museum. London and Cambridge, 1979, p. 52, cat. 19 [entry by C. McCorquodale, who discusses version then owned by Marquess of Exter; DIA version cited].

Baldassari, F. Carlo Dolci. Turin, 1995, p. 44 [as a copy].

Bissell, R. W., A. Derstine, and D. Miller. Masters of Italian Baroque Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2005, pp. 10, 64-65, cat. no. 20 [entry by W. Bissell].

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