Jan Brueghel the Elder & Hans Rottenhammer

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

Jan Brueghel the Elder & Hans Rottenhammer
Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Not on view

Jan Brueghel the Elder spent a number of years in Rome, where he regularly collaborated with the German artist Hans Rottenhammer. In this landscape we see Joseph and Mary taking a rest during their flight into Egypt – Mary has taken the opportunity to feed the baby Jesus. The picture was started by Rottenhammer, who painted the angels and the Holy Family. Brueghel then took over, adding the wooded landscape, flowers and donkey.

Technical details
Jan Brueghel de Oude & Hans Rottenhammer  De rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

Jan Brueghel the Elder & Hans Rottenhammer
Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Not on view

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Details

General information
Jan Brueghel the Elder (Brussels 1568 - 1625 Antwerp) and Hans Rottenhammer (Munich 1564 - 1624 Augsburg)
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
painting
283
Material and technical details
oil
copper
22 x 29.1 cm
Inscriptions
on the verso: BRV[E]GHEL

Provenance

King-Stadholder William III, thence by inheritance to Prince William V, Apeldoorn, The Hague, 1712-1795; 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