id: 147522 accession number: 1973.32 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.32 updated: 2023-03-11 20:51:00.756000 Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1640. Charles Poërson (French, 1609–1667). Oil on wood; framed: 57.5 x 67.5 x 6.5 cm (22 5/8 x 26 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 35.5 x 45.9 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1973.32 title: Rest on the Flight into Egypt title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1640 creation date earliest: 1635 creation date latest: 1645 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 17th century technique: oil on wood department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - French 17th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Charles Poërson (French, 1609–1667) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 57.5 x 67.5 x 6.5 cm (22 5/8 x 26 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 35.5 x 45.9 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1973 opening date: 1974-01-30T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974). title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, February 1974: Year in Review, cat. no. 45, illus.
CMA, December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982: "When Angeles Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold:The Christmas Story," (CMA Gallery A, no catalogue). --- PROVENANCE The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1973- footnotes: citations: (Galerie Joseph Hahn, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1 date: Until 1973 footnotes: *
1 The early provenance of this painting remains elusive.  Galerie Joseph Hahn does not appear to have extant records, and the catalogues of several exhibitions held at the Galerie Joseph Hahn in the years prior to 1973, which could potentially contain additional provenance information, do not include the painting.  The Getty Provenance Index lists several paintings in auctions from the late eighteenth- to mid-twentieth century depicting the Flight into Egypt by Simon Vouet, to whom the Poerson has been previously attributed; however, none of the paintings are reproduced in the catalogues (and in some cases, the dimensions are quite different than those of the Poerson), so it cannot be confirmed whether these pictures and the CMA painting are one and the same.
citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Formerly ascribed to the French painter Simon Vouet (1590-1649), Rest on the Flight into Egypt has only recently been attributed to Poerson, a collaborator and follower of Vouet. Intended to be a small devotional picture, this painting on oak panel depicts a quiet scene of the Holy Family resting; the Virgin Mary sits while an angel brings the plump young Christ Child fruit, and St. Joseph leads their donkey away to graze. The delicate pinks and blues and the transparent treatment of light and shadow create a gentle domestic atmosphere, characteristic of Vouet's Italian-influenced work. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 173 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n193 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 153-154; Reproduced: p. 154 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.32/1973.32_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.32/1973.32_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.32/1973.32_full.tif