The Holy Family flees to Egypt. Joseph goes on foot and the Virgin Mary rides on a donkey with the Christ child in her arms (Matthew 2:13-15). In the background we see a cornfield with reapers and Herod's army searching for the Christ child to kill him. The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
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Jan-Baptist Barbé
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Flight into Egypt, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioseph consurgens accepit puerum et matrem eius nocte; et secessit in Aegyptum. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Matth. 2. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 8. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Baptista Barbe sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-6 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11599/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass 42D232 elopement, running away Iconclass 44G316 escape, escape attempts Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45K13 fortress Iconclass 45M5 fugitives Iconclass 45M51 fugitives 'en route' Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13142 ass, donkey Iconclass 47I1 agriculture Iconclass 47I14 harvest Iconclass 47I141 reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B6 the massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23) Iconclass 73B63 the massacre of the innocents Iconclass 73B631 Herod gives orders to slay the children Iconclass 73B64 flight into Egypt and miracles during the journey Iconclass 73B641 the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass Iconclass 73B81 Holy Family (alone), 'Trinitas terrestris' Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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