The rest on the flight into Egypt: Gerard David 1460-1523
This picture, inspired by the
story in Matthew’s Gospel of the Holy Family’s journey to Egypt, where they
took refuge from Herod’s murderous hatred. Ancient
legends said that a date palm on the way, whose fruit was too high to pick,
bent down so the family could feed. In this story, the date tree is replaced by
a chestnut, whose fruit Joseph is trying to reach.
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