Jan Steen

The Flight into Egypt



Jan Steen - The Flight into Egypt



Jan Steen
The Flight into Egypt
62.4 x 58.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed with monogram, lower right: JS
Sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2018


Provenance

Sir Samuel Wilson, London
with Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1919
with The Art Collector's Association, London, 1921
A.L. Nicholson, London, 1927
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930-35
with Galerie Internationale, The Hague, 1938
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam
looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940
anonymous sale, H.W. Lange, Berlin, 3-4 December 1940, nr. 174 (2,400 Reichsmark)
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Hague, on loan to the Dordrechts Museum, 1948-49
anonymous sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 3 July 1951, nr. 659
anonymous sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 3-4 June 1953, nr. 169
anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 April 1995, nr. 148
anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, 11 December 2002, nr. 322
restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, August 2018
sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2018, nr. 157

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Jan Steen Peasants Merrymaking outside an Inn
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1652

Jan Steen The Marriage at Cana
The Marriage at Cana
1670-74

Jan Steen The Preaching of St John the Baptist
The Preaching of St John the Baptist
c. 1653

Jan Steen Leaving the Tavern
Leaving the Tavern

Jan Steen Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1653