Flucht nach Ägypten

c. 1525 (?)

Adriaen Isenbrantc. 1485 Antwerpen – 1551 Brügge
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In the background the infanticide in Bethlehem ordered by Herod, which Mary and Joseph with the child Jesus escaped by fleeing to Egypt. The group of figures is inspired by Dürer's woodcut from the 'Marienleben' (around 1504/05, B.89). A similar painting is in the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Also known as
Flight into Egypt
Medium
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions
image: 128 x 100 cm
Inventory number
KS 3
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986