About the Artwork
Flight into Egypt
between 1600 and 1655
Herman van Swanevelt
1600-1655
Dutch
Unknown
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (22.2 × 28.6 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1136
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: Herman van Suanevelt Inventor fecit Inscribed, lower center bottom margin: B 98 Inscribed, in pencil, lower right margin: 15
Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
Dec. 1885 , M. Bruckner. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Please note: This section is empty
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
Herman van Swanevelt, Flight into Egypt, between 1600 and 1655, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1136.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback![Flight into Egypt](https://dia.widen.net/content/3a5jkn2iol/webp/09.1S1136-d1.webp?quality=100)
![Flight into Egypt](https://dia.widen.net/content/3a5jkn2iol/webp/09.1S1136-d1.webp?w=500&quality=75)