About the Artwork
The Flight into Egypt
18th century
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Anonymous
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Oil on canvas
Unframed: 26 13/16 × 18 3/16 inches (68.1 × 46.2 cm) Framed: 29 7/8 × 21 1/4 × 2 inches (75.9 × 54 × 5.1 cm)
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European Painting
Gift of Jacob Heimann
44.86
Public Domain
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Provenance
Jacob Heimann (New York, New York, USA);1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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].
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Anonymous, The Flight into Egypt, 18th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jacob Heimann, 44.86.
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