The Miracle of the Palm Tree on the Flight to Egypt, ca. 1490–1510, Made in Spain, Spanish, Walnut, gesso, paint, and gilding, 49 3/4 × 36 1/2 × 10 1/2 in., 110 lb. (126.4 × 92.7 × 26.7 cm, 49.9 kg), Sculpture-Wood, This sculpture, probably from a retable (decoration behind an altar) depicting Jesus commanding the palm tree to bend down so that the Holy Family could eat its fruit, is based upon New Testament Apocrypha, episodes from the life of Jesus not recounted in the Gospels
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Miracle, Palm Tree, Flight, Egypt, ca, 1490–1510, Spain, Spanish, Walnut, gesso, paint, gilding, 49 3/4, 36 1/2, 10, 110 lb, 126.4, 92.7, 26.7 cm, 49.9 kg, Sculpture-Wood, sculpture, retable, decoration, altar, depicting Jesus, commanding, palm tree, bend down, Holy Family, eat, fruit, based upon, New, Testament, Apocrypha, episodes, life, Jesus, recounted, Gospels
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