Flemish School, early 17th century

A landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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March 23, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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Description

Property from a Private Martha's Vineyard Collection

Flemish School, early 17th century

A landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

oil on panel

panel: 24 ½ by 16 ½ in.; 62.2 by 41.9 cm.

framed: 29 ¾ by 21 ½ in.; 75.6 by 54.6 cm.

Probably, William B. Dinsmore (1810 - 1888), New York, and by descent until sold at estate sale, Edgartown, MA, 1981;
There acquired by present owner.

This panel was the subject of scientific research and restoration at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation from 2018 - 2020. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and polarized light microscopy (PLM) allowed for identification of all pigments present, and dendrochronology performed at the Cornell Tree Ring Lab provided an earliest use date for this panel of 1536 - 1557.¹ Stylistically the landscape appears to date to the early seventeenth century, and the artist employed popular Flemish techniques such as the three-color landscape formula and the motif of the "kakker" (defecating) genre figure in the foreground.

1. All technical reports and analyses from the painting's examination and restoration are available upon request.