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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Rest during the flight to Egypt.                       
Canvas, 100 x 140,5 cm                                 
Inv. 1651
#40080857

Rest during the flight to Egypt. Canvas, 100 x 140,5 cm...

12 scenes from the life of the Virgin.                 
Left: The flight to Egypt.                             
Right: Jesus among the doctors.                        
Panels of an altar, 593 x 289 cm                       
M.I.459,461
#40080932

12 scenes from the life of the Virgin. Left: The flight to Egyp...

Rest during the flight to Egypt.                       
Canvas, 205 x 205 cm                                   
Inv. 852 1 232
#40081049

Rest during the flight to Egypt. Canvas, 205 x 205 cm...

Rest of the Holy family on the return from Egypt.      
Canvas, 147 x 224 cm                                   
Inv. 852 1 23
#40081050

Rest of the Holy family on the return from Egypt. Canvas, 147 x 224 cm...

Flight to Egypt, 1622-23        
Two dead children on the wayside remind of the Murder  
of the Innocents.                                      
Poplarwood, 73 x 82 cm        Inv.155
#40081158

Flight to Egypt, 1622-23 Two dead children on the wayside remind of the...

Le repos de la Sainte Famille - the rest on the        
Flight to Egypt. From the collection of Louis XVI.     
Companion piece to R.F.176 (40-08-12/52)               
Canvas, 40,3 x 57 cm                                   
INV.175
#40081251

Le repos de la Sainte Famille - the rest on the Flight to Egypt. From t...

Rest on the Flight to Egypt.
Le repos de la Sainte Famille.        
Companion piece to R.F.175 (40-08-12/51)      
From the collection of Louis XVI.                      
Canvas on wood, 41 x 57,5 cm    R.F.176
#40081252

Rest on the Flight to Egypt. Le repos de la Sainte Famille. Companion...

Le repos de la Sainte Famille - Rest on the Flight to  
Egypt,1641; smaller version of the painting in the      
Musee de Nantes.                                       
Canvas,49 x 35,5 cm                                    
R.F.3836
#401117 6

Le repos de la Sainte Famille - Rest on the Flight to Egypt,1641; smaller ver...

Le repos pendant la fuite en Egypte - Rest during      
the Flight to Egypt,1673.                              
Canvas41 x 50 cm                                       
R.F.3981
#40111712

Le repos pendant la fuite en Egypte - Rest during the Flight to Egypt,1673...

La Fuite en Egypte - the Flight to Egypt.              
Canvas,45 x 58 cm                                      
R.F.1984-50
#40121659

La Fuite en Egypte - the Flight to Egypt. Canvas,45 x 58 cm...

The Flight to Egypt.                                   
Fir wood (1490-1500)                                   
57.5 x 45 cm
#401301 5

The Flight to Egypt. Fir wood (1490-1500)...