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Etching of Mary holding the infant Jesus while a man leads a donkey along a path under a tree, with rocky hills behind.

Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.

A seated Virgin Mary cradles the standing infant Christ, who rests a hand on her shoulder, while a bearded man leads a donkey on a path beneath a tree. Fine hatching in an etching shows rocky hills, drapery folds and a ruined structure at left, with Italian verses inscribed in the lower margin.

Artist
Agostino Carracci
Date
[between 1570 and 1599?]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2995 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1609.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Huida a Egipto: María, José y el Niño Jesús, grabado

Una María sentada sostiene al Niño Jesús de pie, que apoya una mano en su hombro, mientras un hombre barbado guía a un burro por un camino bajo un árbol. El grabado muestra un trazo fino de sombreado en colinas rocosas, pliegues de telas y una estructura en ruinas a la izquierda, con versos en italiano en el margen inferior.

Português: Fuga para o Egito: Maria, José e o Menino Jesus, gravura

Uma Maria sentada segura o Menino Jesus em pé, que apoia a mão em seu ombro, enquanto um homem barbudo conduz um burro por um caminho sob uma árvore. A gravura apresenta hachuras finas em colinas rochosas, dobras de tecido e uma construção em ruínas à esquerda, com versos em italiano na margem inferior.

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