Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Youth of Christ, Flight into Egypt, Mary gives Christ her breast, while she is sitting on the donkey during the flight into Egypt. Joseph leads the donkey. In the background the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem and the legend of the rapidly growing corn. Some soldiers on horseback ask a farmer if he has seen a family pass by. The farmer tells him that he saw the family when he was sowing the corn. The soldiers then conclude that that must have been a very long time ago and they abandon the search. On the right against the tree a pointing man with a sun on his head. Possibly an idol that will soon fall from its pedestal. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Matt. 2:14. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 193 mm, width 262 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, 1584 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher
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