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Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
1662
Karel Dujardin
1622-1678
Dutch
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Oil on canvas
Unframed: 24 5/8 × 20 1/8 inches (62.6 × 51.1 cm) Framed: 32 3/4 × 28 × 2 7/8 inches (83.2 × 71.1 × 7.3 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
Gift of James E. Scripps
89.34
Public Domain
Markings
Signed and dated, lower left, on stone: K. DV JARDIN fe 1662
Provenance
before 1731, Cornelis Wittert, Heer van Valkenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands);April 11, 1731, sold by (Arnold Willis, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) auction Cornelis Wittert, Heer van Valkenburg, lot 61 [for fl. 175];
October 7, 1733, sold at auction Cornelis Wittert, Heer van Valkenburg, lot 22 [for fl. 60];
July 5, 1759, sold by (de Leth, Amsterdam, Netherlands) auction Sonne & others, lot 8;
1759, purchased by de Leth [for fl. 305];
April 26, 1763, sold at auction (Zeger Hasebroek, possibly Leiden, Netherlands) lot 1 [for fl. 285];
July 11, 1763, sold by (Franken, The Hague, Netherlands) auction Jacob Snels, Baron van Dencke & others, lot 1;
purchased by A. de Gast [for fl. 270];
September 17, 1766, sold by (de Winter, Cok, Amsterdam, Netherlands) lot 48;
1766, purchased by Nijman [for fl. 280];
March 6, 1769, sold by (de Winter, Yver, Amsterdam, Netherlands) lot 37;
May 19, 1780, sold by (Delfos, Souterwoude by Leiden, Netherlands) auction J. Pompe van Meerdervoort, lot 12;
1780, purchased by Fouquet [for fl. 215];
1786, Proley (Paris, France);
March 20-24, 1787, sold by (Paillet, Paris, France) auction Marquis de Chamgrand, lot 102;
February 9, 1789, sold by (Lebrun, Paris, France) auction M. Coclers & others, lot 123;
1789, purchased by Vincent Donjeux [for 2350 francs];
1793, (Lebrun and Paillet, Paris, France) lot 277;
January 15, 1794, sold by (G.J. Constantin, Paris, France) lot 7;
June 16, 1798, sold by (Paillet, Paris, France) lot 27 [for 1616 livres];
February 22, 1798, sold by (A.J. Paillet, Paris, France) lot 31;
November 16, 1801, sold (possibly London, England) lot 539;
May 12-13, 1802, sold (London, England) lot 62;
1825, Richard Stracy (London, England);
John Clerk, Lord Eldin;
March 14-16, 1833, sold by (Winstanley, Edinburgh, Scotland) auction John Clerk, Lord Eldin, lot 168;
Thomas Norris [d. 1852] (Bury, Lancashire, England);
May 9, 1873, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Thomas Norris, lot 103
1873, purchased by Colnaghi [for 262-10-00];
Corbett-Winder (Vaynor Park, Berriew, Wales);
April 6, 1899, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Major Corbett-Winder, lot 122;
1889, purchased by (Deacon) for James E. Scripps;
James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1889-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hoet, G. Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen met derzelver prijzen sedert een langen reeks van jaaren zoo in Holland als op andere plaatsen in het openbaar verkogt benevens, verscheijden nog in wezen zijnde cabinetten, 2 vols. The Hague, 1752, vol. 1, pp. 369, 397.
Smith, J. Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, vol. 5. London, 1834, p. 245, no. 38.
Waagen, G. Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain: Supplement to Treasures of Art in Great Britain. London, 1857, p. 291.
Catalogue of the Scripps Collection. Detroit, 1889, p. 55, no. 64.
"The Scripps Old Masters." The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152; p. 150 [as by Karel du Jardin].
Scripps, James E. Handbook of the Paintings Ancient and Modern, Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1895, pp. 31-32, no. 57 [as by Karel du Jardin].
Detroit Museum of Art Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. Detroit, 1910, p. 41, no. 57.
Graves, A. Art Sales, From Early in the 18th Century to Early in the 20th Century, 3 vols. London, 1918-1921, vol. 1, pp. 241, 304.
Burroughs, C. Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Contemporary Arts and Crafts. Detroit, 1920, p. 48, no. 38.
Hofstede de Groot, C. Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Artists of the Seventeenth Century, vol. 9. London, 1925, p. 300, no. 14.
Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 64 (ill.).
Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, pp. 40-41, no. 64.
Brochhagen, E. Karel Dujardin Ein Beitrag zum Italianismus in Holland im 17. Jahrhunderts. Diss., Cologne, 1957, p. 91.
Italy through Dutch Eyes. Exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art. Ann Arbor, 1964, cat. 30, (pl. 11).
Sutton, P.C. Dutch Art in America. Grand Rapids, 1986, p. 83 (fig. 120).
Lunsingh Scheurleer, Th. H., C. W. Fock, and A. J. van Dissel. Het Rapenburg: Geschiedenis van een Leidse gracht, 6 vols. Leiden, 1986-1992, vol. 4A, p. 170 (fig. 17).
Het Gedroomde Land: Pastorale schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw. Exh. cat., Centraal Museum. Utrecht, 1993, p. 191 (ill.), cited under cat. 32.
Keyes, George S., et al. Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2004, pp. 74-77, no. 27 (ill.).
Kilian, J.M. The Paintings of Karel du Jardin 1626-1678 Catalogue Raisonné. Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 2005, pp. 70, 83, 189, cat. 88, (pl. 71).
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Karel Dujardin, Return of the Holy Family from Egypt, 1662, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.34.
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