William Blake1810

The Virgin and Child in Egypt

Warned in a dream, Joseph takes the child and his mother and flees to Egypt, where Mary shelters the infant Jesus far from Herod's reach (Matthew 2). A tempera on canvas by the British artist and poet William Blake (1810).

The Virgin and Child in Egypt by William Blake depicting Matthew 2:13
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Depicted passages

Matthew 2:13-15Primary
Portrait of William Blake

About William Blake

1757-1827 · British

British, London 1757–1827 London

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