While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, Joseph bends over a palm tree to provide them with dates. Engraving by F. Brizio after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

  • Correggio, 1489?-1534.
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[between 1624 and 1632]
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24065i
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view While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, Joseph bends over a palm tree to provide them with dates. Engraving by F. Brizio after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

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While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, Joseph bends over a palm tree to provide them with dates. Engraving by F. Brizio after A. Allegri, il Correggio. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The story of the palm tree bending down 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. II/II, pp. 278-9), the scene was understood as a depiction of paradise regained

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[between 1624 and 1632]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 50.3 x 31.9 cm

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All. illustriss.mo e reverend.mo monsig.r il sig.r Gio. Battista Agocchia, nuntio di n'ro sig.re à Venetia. Humiliss. servitore di V.S. illustriss. e r.ma Livio Agocchia. Antonio da Coreg.o inv. France.o Brictio sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 24065i

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