Ruth Leon recommends… Titian’s  Rest on the Flight Into Egypt

Titian’s  Rest on the Flight Into Egypt

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Here’s another of those delicious short art history videos that I love so much. Dr James Fox, art historian and broadcaster and Letitzia Treves, who seems to have moved from the National Gallery to the auction house Christies where she is now Global Head of Research and Expertise in Old Master Pictures, discuss Titian’s Rest on the Flight into Egypt.

This painting was coveted by aristocrats, emperors and archdukes, stolen not once but twice, and once left at a bus stop.

Painted when Titian was in his late teens, this masterpiece is first documented in the collection of a Venetian spice merchant in the early 17th century. It has since hung in London, Brussels, Vienna, Paris and Longleat House in Wiltshire — from where it was stolen and later recovered by an art detective.

It has been prized for its vividly coloured scene of familial affection within the natural world. Like its subjects, Rest on the Flight into Egypt has been on a long and eventful journey — a journey that’s far from over.

It’s now for sale this summer at Christie’s, just in case you have a spare £15-25 million in your pocket.

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