NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)

Lot 31
07.12.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1086634
Lot 31 | NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)
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£ 600 000 – 800 000
NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

oil on panel

18 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (46 x 30.9 cm.)





Provenance

Lucius O'Callaghan (1887-1954), Dublin; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 12 October 1956, lot 126, where acquired by the following for 50 gns.,

with E. Kaplan, London.

with Dr. Vitale Bloch (1900-1975), Paris.

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893-1976) and Princess Olga of Greece (1923-1976), Pratolino (Florence), by 1964, and by descent to the following,

Anonymous sale [Property of an Eastern European Royal Family]; Sotheby's, Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 104.

with Bob P. Haboldt & Co., New York, from whom acquired in 2005.



Literature

K. Oberhuber, Poussin: The Early Years in Rome, exhibition catalogue, Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1988, p. 264, no. 21, illustrated.

P. Rosenberg, Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1994, p. 17, illustrated.

S. Laveissière and G. Chomer, Autour de Poussin, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1994, under no. 60.

A. Sutherland Harris, 'Reviewed Work: Poussin: The Early Years in Rome. The Origins of French Classicism by Konrad Oberhuber', The Art Bulletin, LXXII, no. 1, March 1990, p.153, under note 39, doubting the attribution to Poussin.

Singular vision: Haboldt & Co.'s Old Master Paintings and Drawings since 1983, Amsterdam, New York and London, 2012, p. 97.
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