Matthew 2
The Flight to Egypt in Biblical Art
The flight to Egypt invites artists to show night journey, vulnerability, and divine warning.
Bible and Art Context
Joseph, Mary, and the child become a traveling image of refuge under threat.
Public domain
The Flight into Egypt (Die Bibel in Bildern, plate 171)
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860, Woodcut
Scribe audit: Blatt 171. Prior 163 was the Visitation.
Source: Wikimedia CommonsQuestions about Flight to Egypt in Art
Where is Flight to Egypt in the Bible?
The flight into Egypt is recorded in Matthew 2.
Why use Schnorr von Carolsfeld for this page?
Schnorr's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860) is a public-domain woodcut cycle widely used for clear narrative Bible illustration.
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