Adriaen van der Werff

The Flight into Egypt



Adriaen van der Werff - The Flight into Egypt



Adriaen van der Werff
The Flight into Egypt
1710
36.5 x 47 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower right on a stone: Chevr. / vr Werff. fe. / Ano 1710
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature

Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 110-111


Provenance

Maria van der Werff, Rotterdam, 1710-c.1718
Johan van Schuylenburch, The Hague, c.1718-1735
Nicolaas Dierquens, The Hague, 1735
acquired by Prince William IV in or around 1745, thence by inheritance to Prince William V, The Hague, until 1795
confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822

External links

RKD 1539
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 209

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