Tanzio da Varallo
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

ArtistItalian (Lombard), 1575/80–1635
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Datec. 1625–1630
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions22 1/4 × 27 7/8 in. (56.5 × 70.8 cm)
frame: 31 × 36 1/2 in. (78.7 × 92.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection
Object number61.69
Non exposé

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ProvenanceProfessor Zobali, Venice; [Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence, before 1950]; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1950; on loan to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1953-1961; gift to MFAH, 1961.
Exhibition History"Tanzio da Varallo Exhibition," Turin, Italy, October 30, 1959–January 31, 1960.

First Methodist Church, Houston, June 2–9, 1967.

"Baroque Minor Masters," American Federation of Arts, New York, October 1968–October 1969.

"Seicento Lombardo," Comune di Milano, April–September 1973.

"A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, February 5–April 24, 1994; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 17–August 7, 1994; Seattle Art Museum, September 8–November 27, 1994; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, December 17, 1994–March 4, 1995.

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