Vittore Carpaccio

The Flight into Egypt



Vittore Carpaccio - The Flight into Egypt



Vittore Carpaccio
The Flight into Egypt
c. 1500
72 x 111.5 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 240


Provenance

Edward Solly (1776-1844), Berlin
purchased 1821 for the Königliche Museen (painting collection installed 1904 in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum), Berlin
sold 1924 to Charles Albert de Burlet, Berlin
Professor Luigi Grassi (1858-1937), Florence and Rome
with Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London
acquired 1927 by Otto H. Kahn (1867-1934), New York
with Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
purchased 26 April 1937 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA



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