Througout the centuries, the biblical motif of the Flight into Egypt is repeated in art. Frequently, Mary is depicted carrying the infant Jesus while seated aside on a mule lead by Joseph.
16th Century
1570_El Greco_Fllight into Egypt_c.1570_Prado
1525_Wolfgang Huber _1525-1530_Berlin_Gemaeldegalerie der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin_Page_2
1519_Jan de Beer_Flight into Egypt_1519-1527_Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland
1501_Jean Bourdichon_Hours of Frederic of Aragon_French_Tours_1501-1504_BNF_Latin 10532, fol. 158
15th Century
1485_Bernardino Butinone_1485_Chicago_Art Institute
15th Century Bibliothèque Stanislas Nancy MS 305
1483-1498 BN Latin1370
1480_Roundel wi Flight into Egypt_German_Upper Rhineland_1480-1490_Met_Cloisters Collection
1470_Cosimo Tura_c.1470s_Met
1451_Fra Angelico_1451-1452_Florence_Museo di San Marco
1450_Hans Striger The Elder_c.1450_Zell, Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew
Heures à l'usage de Paris. Datation: vers 1450. Enluminures attribuées au Maître de Dunois.
1440_Masters of the Delft Grisailles_Book of Hours_Dutch_Delft_c.1440_KB135e23-060v
1435-1480 Latin 1156 A
1420_Paolo Schiavo_late 1420s-early 1430s_Philadelphia, Museum of Art