Flight to Egypt


Matthew 2, 13 - 15

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Apocrypha: Joseph the Carpenter

8. But Satan went and told this to Herod the Great, the father of Archelaus. And it was this same Herod who ordered my friend and relative John to be beheaded. Accordingly he searched for me diligently, thinking that my kingdom was to be of this world. But Joseph, that pious old man, was warned of this by a dream. Therefore he rose and took Mary my mother, and I lay in her bosom. Salome also was their fellow-traveller. Having therefore set out from home, he retired into Egypt, and remained there the space of one whole year, until the hatred of Herod passed away.

9. Now Herod died by the worst form of death, atoning for the shedding of the blood of the children whom he wickedly cut off, though there was no sin in them. And that impious tyrant Herod being dead, they returned into the land of Israel, and lived in a city of Galilee which is called Nazareth.





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Flight to Egypt.
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Flight to Egypt.

Annunciation (top) and Flight to Egypt, from the       
"Clarissinnenaltar", the altar of the nuns of Saint    
Clara in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland. Joseph wears a     
medieval jews' hat. By a Silesian Master around 1370.  
Tempera on wood, 45 x 30 cm
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Annunciation (top) and Flight to Egypt, from the "Clarissinnenaltar", the...

The Flight to Egypt (the medieval city of Vienna in    
the background). The star of the Three Magi on the     
horizon. One of 21 (originally 24) panels from the     
altar of Schottenkirche-church in Vienna (1469-1480).  
Tempera on oakwood, 80 x 80 cm
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The Flight to Egypt (the medieval city of Vienna in the background). The sta...

The Holy Family's rest on the flight to Egypt.         
Bohemia/Moravia, around 1410                           
Coloured woodcut (Einblattholzschnitt)                 
28,4 x 21,2 cm                                         
Inv. 69/1930
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The Holy Family's rest on the flight to Egypt. Bohemia/Moravia, around...

Landscape with rest during the Flight to Egypt.        
Second half 16th                                       
Oakwood, 38,5 x 51,5 cm                                
Inv. 950
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Landscape with rest during the Flight to Egypt. Second half 16th...

The Holy Family resting under an apple-tree, exterior  
wing of the Ildefonso altar. A gift from Infanta Clara 
Eugenia to the Ildefonso Brotherhhood, for the Saint   
Mary's chapel in the Abbey-church St. Jacob op de      
Coudenberg, Brussels. 1630-32, Inv. 698
#40050438

The Holy Family resting under an apple-tree, exterior wing of the Ildefonso al...

Rest on the Flight to Egypt.                           
Wood,60 x 39 cm                                        
Cat.2643
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Rest on the Flight to Egypt. Wood,60 x 39 cm...

The Holy Family with Saint Francis - Rest on the Flight 
to Egypt.  Canvas,123,5 x 106,5 cm                   
Canvas, 123,5 x 106,5 cm                               
Inv.1455
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The Holy Family with Saint Francis - Rest on the Flight to Egypt. Canvas,123,...

The Adoration of the Magi. Tondi in the spires:        
Angel of the Annunciation, Christ blessing,            
Annunciation; centre: Adoration of the Magi; predella: 
Nativity, Flight to Egypt, Presentation at the Temple. 
Tempera on wood (1423). 300 x 282 cm.    Inv. 8364
#40070834

The Adoration of the Magi. Tondi in the spires: Angel of the Annunciatio...

Repos de la Sainte Famille pendant la fuite en Egypte. 
The Holy Family rests during the Flight to Egypt.      
1628                                                   
Canvas, 157 x 225 cm                                   
Inv.340
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Repos de la Sainte Famille pendant la fuite en Egypte. The Holy Family rests d...

Flight to Egypt.                                       
Canvas, 165 x 2212 cm                                  
INV. 800
#40080627

Flight to Egypt. Canvas, 165 x 2212 cm...

Rest during the Flight to Egypt.                       
Canvas, 138,5 x 216 cm                                 
Inv. 180   
1628
#40080635

Rest during the Flight to Egypt. Canvas, 138,5 x 216 cm...