Lot 8: Jan Massys (Antwerp circa 1505-circa 1575), and Cornelis Massys (Antwerp circa 1510-circa 1580) The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
bears signature and date '1575/ JOANNIS MASSIS' (on well, lower right)
oil on panel
53.9 x 100.7cm (21 1/4 x 39 5/8in).

PROVENANCE:
The Collection of H. G. Bomford
Sale, Christie's, London, 4 December 1964

Max Friedländer suggests that Cornelis Massys was responsible for some of the landscapes in the paintings of his father, Quentin Massys, whilst he was active in his studio in the last years of his life (see M. Friedländer, Die Altniederländische Malerei (Leiden, 1934), Quentin Massys, vol. VII, p. 75). It is therefore entirely possible that he could have done the same for his younger brother Jan.