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Actions	The Flight into Egypt Remove from selection Add to selection $Archived Images\P_numbers\P11501-P12000\P11700.01.jpg; P11700; ;$ Object numberP11700 TitleThe Flight into Egypt Creator Albrecht Durer (printmaker)‎ DescriptionMounted print, probably a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, of the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt. Joseph is shown leading a donkey which carries Mary, she is cradling the baby Jesus. Jesus's swaddled head is visible in the centre of the print, between Mary and the horn of the ox. According to the Bible (Matthew 2:13-15) the Holy Family fled to Egypt after Joseph received a warning that King Herod was searching for the infant Jesus in order to kill him. Circa 1505. The combination of Albrecht Dürer's (1471-1528) draughtsmanship, with the skill of the artists who cut his drawings into the wooden blocks used to print them, established woodcutting as a major artistic medium and shows why Dürer's prints were so highly regarded in his own lifetime. Object nameprint Dimensions Image height: 28.8 cm Image width: 20.8 cm Mount height: 45.9 cm Mount width: 35.8 cm

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Object numberP11700

TitleThe Flight into Egypt

Creator Albrecht Durer (printmaker)‎

DescriptionMounted print, probably a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, of the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt. Joseph is shown leading a donkey which carries Mary, she is cradling the baby Jesus. Jesus's swaddled head is visible in the centre of the print, between Mary and the horn of the ox. According to the Bible (Matthew 2:13-15) the Holy Family fled to Egypt after Joseph received a warning that King Herod was searching for the infant Jesus in order to kill him. Circa 1505. The combination of Albrecht Dürer's (1471-1528) draughtsmanship, with the skill of the artists who cut his drawings into the wooden blocks used to print them, established woodcutting as a major artistic medium and shows why Dürer's prints were so highly regarded in his own lifetime.

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