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The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt

Artist David Teniers the Younger Flemish, 1610–1690
Datecirca 1660s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (59.7 x 74.9 cm)
Frame: 32 3/4 x 38 1/8 in. (83.2 x 96.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.117
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Brussels, Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1660s. Thèrye de Chatelard, Paris; [his sale, Hȏtel Drouot, Paris, March 26, 1900, no. 52, as Le Passeur (The Ferryman)]; Ernest May (1845–1925), Paris. Private collection, New York; [Parke-Bernet, New York, March 14, 1951]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.Published ReferencesPossibly John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, Vol. 3 (London: Smith and Son, 1831), no. 166.

“Catalogue de tableaux anciens…la collection de M. T…..du Chatelard” (auction catalogue) (Paris: Hȏtel Drouot, March 26, 1900), lot 52, as Le Passeur (The Ferryman), illus (b-w).

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 141.

F. D. Cossitt, "Quality Paintings in Society's Show," Virginia-Pilot (November 2, 1969).

Cornelia Justice, "Treasures Shared," Ledger-Star (November 4, 1969).

With a Little Help from Our Friends (exhibition catalogue) (Jackson, MI: Mississippi Museum of Art, 1978), cat. no. 59.

Jo Allen and Gil Leebrick, eds., Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Art, East Carolina University, 1996), illus. (color) 39.

Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 74, illus. (color) 357.
Exhibition HistoryNorfolk, VA, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science,. "Masterpieces from Southern Museums," November 2-20, 1969.

Jackson, MS, Mississippi Museum of Art, "With a Little Help from Our Friends," April 22-July 16, 1978, cat. no. 59.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15, 1987. (Not part of exhibition but on view in conjunction with it).

Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, "Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates," November 1-23, 1996, illus. (color) 39.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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