The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
- Elsheimer, Adam, 1578-1610.
- Date:
- 1613
- Reference:
- 22384i
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Bible. N.T. Matthew 2.14. A ram stands on its hind legs in the forest on the right. The engraving is in reverse to the original painting. The print makes the line of reflection between the two moons perfectly straight whereas the original has them askew. The holy family are lit up by a torch that Joseph holds
Publication/Creation
1613
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; image 29.8 x 39.8 cm
Lettering
Profugit in tenebris lux mundi, et conditor orbis / Exul apud Pharios latitat (res mira) tyrannos. / Rebus in adversis exemplum hinc sumite Christi, / Quem semper tristi fortuna exercuit ira. H. Goudt. Palat. Comes et Aur. Mil. Eques 1613
References note
Keith Andrews, Adam Elsheimer, Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1985, p. 190 (on the depiction of the Milky Way)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 22384i
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