Joachim de Patinir
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, This painting depicts the Holy Family's rest on the Flight into Egypt. The Virgin and Child are seated in the foreground next to a small basket and a walking stick. St. Joseph stands behind them picking fruit from a tree. Majority of the picture plane is dominated by landscape, with a winding river and rolling hills to the left of our figures and steep mountains to the right., c.1518-1524
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0522; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child, This painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ child in an expansive landscape. Both figures don halos. Christ is wrapped in swaddling clothes and sleeps in his mother's arms. To the left, there is a mountain in the far distance.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0520; Public Notes:
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, This painting depicts St. Jerome in the wilderness. He kneels in front of what appears to be a cloak of some sort and a hat that lie on the ground. The lion, a common attribute of the saint, is depicted very faintly in the foreground. These three central focal points are surrounded by an expansive landscape, consisting of mountains, a winding river, and sky.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0523; Public Notes:
The Flight into Egypt, This painting depicts the Holy Family on their travel into Egypt. Joseph pulls a donkey on which the Virgin and Christ child sit. They are being directed by a male figure who points into the distance.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0519; Public Notes: Our photograph notes that this painting was sold at Christie's auction house on 7/17/1964. The inscription reads "J. Patinir/ 'La Fugo in Egitto'/ Christie's 17-7-64/ Vend. $15288."
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