Forest Landscape with Flight into Egypt, Jan Brueghel the Younger;  succession
Jan Brueghel the Younger
Forest Landscape with Flight into Egypt
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Jan Brueghel the Younger succession

Forest Landscape with Flight into Egypt, ca. 1620 – 1650


Dimensions
15.6 x 21.9 cm
Physical Description
Oil on copper
Inventory Number
1218
Acquisition
Acquired in 1892 as bequest by Moritz Gontard
Status
On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 10

Texts

About the Acquisition

The merchant and art collector Moritz von Gontard was chairman of the administrative committee of the Städelsches Kunstinstitut for a long time until his death. Gontard made a gift to the museum on two occasions: once for the opening of the new building in Schaumainkai, completed in 1878, which he took as an opportunity to present the museum with Lucas Cranach's 'Venus'. Eight years later Moritz von Gontard died and bequeathed thirty-three Dutch and Flemish Baroque paintings to the Städel.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Forest Landscape with Flight into Egypt
Painter
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on copper
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Bezeichnet unten links (alt, aber nicht authentisch): Johan Breugel 1620

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1892 as bequest by Moritz Gontard

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
Persons Shown
Associated Persons and Institutions
Illustrated Passage
  • Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 2,13-14
  • Apokryphen, Pseudo-Matthäusevangelium, 17,2-22,1

Iconclass

Primary
  • 73BB641 the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass - BB - landscape predominant
  • 25H151 deciduous forest
Secondary

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13.03.2024