Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1515-1519
Albrecht Altdorferexpand_more
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Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrusexpand_more 2015.93.81
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Were it not for Mary’s throne-shaped lap, this might be any German family on a hike. Albrecht Altdorfer transported the Holy Family on their flight from persecution to a forested setting, with the Alps in the distance. His interest in such views led him to make the first pure, figureless landscapes in Western European art, forever elevating landscape to the autonomous, art-worthy genre it is today. Here the infant’s impatient, nicely foreshortened stretch is the only hint of the Holy Family’s travails.
Details
- Title
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt
- Artist Life
- c. 1480-1538
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.93.81
- Provenance
- Wilhelm August Ackermann (1793-1865), Lugt 791, Lubeck and Dresden ('sale, Sotheby's, London, July 13, 1972, to Tunick); ['David Tunick, New York, until 1974; sold to Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt]. John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Bartsch 5 (vol. 8, p. 43); Hollstein 5; Winzinger 129a; New Hollstein e.5; Waldmann 41
- Curator Approved
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