The Bible In Paintings, #25: THE HOLY FAMILY FLEES TO EGYPT

c.2,200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

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MATTHEW 2
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MATTHEW , Chapter 2

13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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by BERNARDO CAVALLINO
"Joseph’s Dream"

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by NICOLAS LABBÉ
"Joseph's Dream"

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by REMBRANDT, 1646
"Joseph’s Dream"

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Detail

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5 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by INNOZENZ ANTON WARÄTHI
"Joseph's Dream"

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by DANIELE CRESPI
"Joseph’s Dream"

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by VICENT LÓPEZ PORTAÑA
"El Sueño de San José"

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by GERARD SEGHERS
"Dream of St. Joseph"

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by CORRADO GIAQUINTO
"Sueño de San José"

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10 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA
"The Dream of Saint Joseph to Flee to Egypt"

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by JUAN DE BORGOÑA
"Joseph's Dream"

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by JOSEF ADAM MÖLCK
"Joseph's Dream"

MATTHEW , Chapter 2

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” [see Hosea 11:1]

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13 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, 1627
“The Flight into Egypt”

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by VICTOR PAUL MOHN
"The Flight Into Egypt"

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by FRANCESCO GESSI
"Flight into Egypt"

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by MICHELANGELO DI PIETRO MEMBRINI
"Flight into Egypt"

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by LUCA GIORDANO
"Flight into Egypt"

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by JOHANN LISS
"Flight into Egypt"

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by FRANCESCO COZZA
"Flight into Egypt"

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by ADAM ELSHEIMER
"The Flight Into Egypt"

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21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ALESSANDRO TURCHI
"Flight into Egypt Guided by Two Angels"

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by HENRY OSSAWA TANNER
"Flight Into Egypt"

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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Flight Into Egypt"

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24 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MARCO BENEFIAL
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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25 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by FRANCESCO MANCINI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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27 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIUSEPPE BARTOLOMEO CHIARI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt with an Angel
offering the Christ Child the Emblems of the Passion "

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28 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI MARIA MORANDI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by GIOVANNI ODAZZI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by ORAZIO GENTILESCHI, 1615
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by ORAZIO GENTILESCHI, 1625
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by FILIPPO LAURI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by ANGELO CAROSELLI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by SIMONE CANTARINI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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36 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CAVALIERE D'ARPINO
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by FRAN BOUCHER
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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[etabeta]

I like the Rembrandt (#13). He created a dramatic atmosphere with the alert Joseph looking in one direction while Mary, clutching her baby, looks around concerned. It is beautiful in its simplicity but conveys so well the urgency of their journey. Darkness is all around them but the path is illumined with divine light.
In #7, Vicente López Portaña places baby Jesus in the arms of Joseph instead of the conventional mother and child.
Another great choice of paintings.

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One of My Favorites:

'Rest On the Flight Into Egypt' 1879 by Luc Olivier Merson. Fleeing Herod's persecution, Mary and the baby Jesus are resting in the arms of a sphinx while Joseph lies nearby. (I like the subtle gaze of the Sphinx, a departure from the usual looking straight ahead, this Sphinx is looking to Heaven in awe.)

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[Forgiven_Sinner]

Wow. What a find. The original Sphinx is older than the pyramids and may have been based upon memories of the cherubim around Eden. Man+lion This, the image also implies angelic guidance.

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What a completely daunting task for Joseph and Mary! Flee from the murderous king across the desert to a foreign land with a little one. Truly, truly, they were learning to rely on God as few ever have. So, when they look around apprehensively, and when Joseph spells Mary, they are depicted carrying out as strange an assignment as anyone ever had.

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the image also implies angelic guidance.

And the Baby Jesus , in Mary's arms, is the Source of Light in the picture. Since He is "The Light Unto The Gentiles", the illumination of the pagan Sphinx is also significant.

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You, dear Mary-Lou, are now the third person to have posted Merson’s gem. I have it as the final flight painting tomorrow, #67, with plans for pinging the three of you to the great event; but thank you for giving it the extra exposure it certainly deserves.

[etabeta]

Merson did also designs for mosaics. Here is a Christ in Majesty for the Sacred Heart Basilica in Paris.

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That is unbelievably beautiful and spectacular.

[Maudeen]

My knowledge of paintings and artists is zilch. . .but I am enjoying the daily Bible pictures!

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Mine is zilch², and I'm also enjoying it.

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Beautiful!

He certainly had a way with LIGHT.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

A little math for you: zilch^2=zilch.

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Reminds me of how my 7th grade Algebra teacher defined infinity for us: “How many times can you put nothing into a bucket?”