Mary and Joseph voyage to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after A. Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
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1700-1799
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22382i
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Mary and Joseph voyage to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after A. Carracci. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible N.T. Matthew 2.12-15. Joseph is warned in a dream to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt; thus they avoid Herod's massacre of the holy innocents (Matthew 2.16)

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1700-1799

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1 print : etching ; platemark 37.3 x 48.3 cm

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Annibal Carache in. Cx sculp

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1940, tome IV, p. 79, no. 161 ("La Fuite en Egypte: la Sainte Famille descend un monticule à g., dans un grand paysage")

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Wellcome Collection 22382i

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