While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.

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While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The story of the palm tree bending down at the will of the infant Christ to furnish the holy family with dates is told in chapters 20-1 of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. According to Louis Réau in 'Iconographie de l'art chrétien' (Paris 1957, vol. 2, pp. 278-9), the scene was understood as a depiction of paradise regained

Mary breast feeds Christ while Joseph rests on his staff, looking up at the angel

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1 print : etching ; platemark 21.3 x 15.5 cm

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Wellcome Collection 22376i

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