The Bible In Paintings, #26: THE HOLY FAMILY FLEES TO EGYPT, Part 2

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

[Hebrews 11:6]

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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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38 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
"Rest on Flight"

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by TANZIO DA VARALLO
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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by POMPEO BATONI
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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41 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCESCO ROMANELLI GIOVANNIV
"Return from the Flight into Egypt"

42 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JOACHIM PATINIR, 1519
"Rest during the Flight to Egypt"

43 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by VITTORE CARPACCIO, 1515
"The Flight into Egypt"

44 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ROBERT VAN AUDENAERDE
"Flight into Egypt"

45 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GERARD DAVID, 1515
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

46 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ADRIAEN ISENBRANDT
" The Rest on the Flight into Egypt "

47 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CARLO DOLCI, 1648
"The Flight into Egypt"

48 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOTTO, 1305
"Flight into Egypt"

49 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIAMBATTISTA PITTONI, 1726
"The Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

50 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BATTISTA DOSSI and DOSSO DOSSI, 1525
"The Flight into Egypt"

51 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO, 1753
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

52 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GENTILE DA FABRIANO, 1423
"Flucht nach Ägypten"

53 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRA ANGELICO, 1451
"Flight into Egypt"

54 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD, 1828
"The Flight into Egypt"

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by ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS, 1855
"The Flight into Egypt"

56 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by TITIAN, 1508
"Flight into Egypt"

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58 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LORENZO MONACO, 1405
"Flight into Egypt"

59 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANTONI GAUDÍ, 1920
"Flight into Egypt"

60 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ORAZIO GENTILESCHI, 1628
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

61 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by AURELIO BUSSO
"Escape to Egypt"

62 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PETER PAUL RUBENS, 1614
"Flight into Egypt"

63 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by REMBRANDT, 1627
"The Flight into Egypt"

64 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ADAM ELSHEIMER
"Landscape with the Flight into Egypt"

65 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CARAVAGGIO, 1597
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

66 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Many More Here
by MUNIR ALAWI
"Flight into Egypt at Night"

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67 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LUC OLIVIER MERSON, 1879
"Rest on the Flight into Egypt"

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68 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PARIS BORDONE
"Rest on the Return from Egypt"

69 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JAMES TISSOT
"The Return from Egypt"

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SPECIAL BONUS:
Flight into Egypt, on
169 Stained Glass Windows
Here are a few to whet your appetite:

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[Hebrews 11:6]

It was fun to follow along on your guided tour.

[etabeta]

Albion, about your comment on the Caravaggio, I would like to point out that the first printed sheet music made with a printing press was in 1473. Caravaggio painted this splendid scene in the 15th c. As for the stringed instrument we see here, I believe it is a baroque violin which was developed in the 14th c. Before that it was called a vielle. They all have variations of shapes and sounds. We see the vielle in many paintings of the Medieval period, it has a very different and sweet tone.

[etabeta]

late 15th c.

[etabeta]

OK, time for me to get another cup of coffee. Caravaggio painted that scene almost at the end of the 16th c. Sorry for all my mistakes.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Just paint over it and start again. No problem!

[DoodleBob]

God Bless you for compiling all these images.

I like #55 by ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS, for (I believe) it gives a realistic, stark view of what the Holy Family had to endure.

I also liked the pooped St Joseph in #60 for the same reason.

But, as Hebrews 11:6 knows, my favorite is #67. When I saw it up close, I noticed Mercer seems to have left clues that St. Joseph is NOT asleep....his right arm is not lying flat, his left-hand fingers don't seem to be resting, and Mercer's brush strokes above the Foster Father of Jesus suggest movement : the head of the Holy Family does not rest, he is alert and on guard, ready to protect his wife and adopted son. He does not recoil in horror from his vocation. He certainly has things on his mind, and the path is undoubtedly hard. But he DOES NOT QUIT.

I'll say it again: let us pray that all fathers and husbands follow this holy model of fidelity to our vocation. The nation - nay, world - would be a much better place.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Very, very well stated, Bob.

Keep preaching it, brother!

Dan

[Albion Wilde]

I'll say it again: let us pray that all fathers and husbands follow this holy model of fidelity to our vocation. The nation - nay, world - would be a much better place.

A hearty AMEN to that!

[Albion Wilde]

I believe it is a baroque violin which was developed in the 14th c. Before that it was called a vielle.

Thank you for that music history, dear etabeta! I am a yuuuuge fan of Caravaggio, in spite of his time-traveling. The quality of illumination in that painting is, well, illuminating!

There are artists today who depict Jesus in jeans and a t-shirt, for "relevance." That's what he may have been doing; although since he was called the “Bad Boy of the Baroque”, he may simply have been going for the shock value. Here's a detail from Judith Beheading Holofernes:

[Albion Wilde]

And thanks for the link to your Merson thread, with its enlargeable hi-res image.