The Flight into Egypt
Print
1504-1505 (made)
1504-1505 (made)
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This woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) shows a scene from the Bible, when the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the infant Christ fled into Egypt after Joseph was warned in a dream that King Herod was searching for the Christ child in order to have him killed. Winged cherubs watch over the scene from the clouds. Animals are shown hiding in the forest and a cow or an ox follows Joseph and Mary. The forest represents a Middle Eastern landscape, as imagined by a northern European.
Object details
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| Title | The Flight into Egypt (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Woodcut on paper |
| Brief description | Print showing the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ child, by Albrecht Dürer, 1504-05 |
| Physical description | A woodcut showing the Virgin Mary on a donkey, led by Joseph across a small bridge. Mary cradles the Christ child on her arms. Dense forest in the background. Winged angels in the clouds in the corner on the top right. Dürer's monogram 'A.D' can be seen on the bottom right hand corner. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A.D' (Monogram) |
| Production | Albrecht Dürer drew this composition, but a specialist craftsman would have translated the design into a pattern of raised lines on a wood block for print production. This print is from Dürer's series The Life of the Virgin. |
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| Summary | This woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) shows a scene from the Bible, when the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the infant Christ fled into Egypt after Joseph was warned in a dream that King Herod was searching for the Christ child in order to have him killed. Winged cherubs watch over the scene from the clouds. Animals are shown hiding in the forest and a cow or an ox follows Joseph and Mary. The forest represents a Middle Eastern landscape, as imagined by a northern European. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 24910:14 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2004 |
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