Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte, met dansende engelen, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Anthony van Dyck, 1596 - 1659

Title(s)

Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte, met dansende engelen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1939-1064

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 168-2(2)
• New Hollstein Dutch 544-3(3)
  Remark: Anthony van Dyck

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Collection Plantin’
• inscription: ‘Collection Plantin I-5’

Artist

• print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Anthony van Dyck (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gilles Hendricx (mentioned on object)
• Gaspar Nemius (mentioned on object)
• Martinus van den Enden (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Netherlands
publisher: Antwerp
Antwerp

Dating

1596 - 1659

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 448 mm × width 575 mm

What

• the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass
• angels singing, making music

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1939

Copyright

Public domain

• Anthony van Dyck : an historical study of his life and works, Lionel Cust, dl. VII, p. 176, cat.nr. 544
• Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 76, cat.nr. 168-2