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| Keywords: Jacob Jordaens the elder - Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt - Walters 372368.jpg After the departure of the wise men the Gospel of Matthew reports that an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and warned him to take Mary and Jesus and flee to safety in Egypt Here they are guided by an angel through what should be an arid desert or wilderness but is more like the countryside near Antwerp Jordaens may not have known-or cared-what desert terrain looked like but his flamboyant vegetation lends baroque drama to the moment and is typical of the artist who followed in importance only Rubens and Van Dyck among Flemish painters of his time 1647 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 131 167 accession number 37 2368 15290 Duc de Trévise date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris December 8 1947 no 65 M F Sale Galerie Charpentier Paris March 20 1953 no 9 David M Koetser Gallery New York and London 1953-54 Walters Art Museum 1954 by purchase Museum purchase 1954 World of Wonder Walters Salute to Belgium place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Religious paintings by Jacob Jordaens World of Wonder Walters Salute to Belgium Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum 17th-century paintings of the Flight into Egypt 17th-century religious paintings in the United States 1647 oil on canvas paintings in the United States | ||||
