Sujet
The Flight into Egypt; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening.
Légende
The Flight into Egypt; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info: Fleeing to Egypt to avoid Herod's massacre of all newborn children, Joseph walks beside his wife the Virgin Mary, who cradles the Christ child while seated on a donkey. As the family passes a pagan idol atop a column, it breaks in half, signifying the downfall of paganism and the onset of the new Christian era. In the middle ground at the left, soldiers pursuing the Holy Family stop to question a farmer in a field. He truthfully informs them that he saw the family when he was planting his crops, omitting to tell them that the wheat had miraculously grown to full height overnight. Assuming that they had missed the family by months, the soldiers give up their search. These two apocryphal stories often appeared in medieval depictions of the Flight into Egypt.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A77_069
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NA
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
137,1Mo (7,4Mo) / 47,3cm x 72,7cm / 5586 x 8581 (300dpi)