Title: The flight into Egipt. Artist: after G. Freman (1688-1690 (fl.)) Publisher: Richard Blome. Production date: 1688. Provenance: The History of the Old and the New Testament. Each plate depicts a scene of the Bible, with title below image; most of the plates have two putti above the image holding a fringed sheet with royal coat of arms and a dedication. Size: 25,6x40 cms. Condition: Some foxing and imperfections.; G. Freman (1688-1690 (fl.)) Designer of a number of plates in a Bible published by Richard Blome in 1688-90. His first name is not known, and in the book his name is invariably written as 'G.Freman'. He seems to be completely undocumented.; The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him. The episode is frequently shown in art, as the final episode of the Nativity of Jesus in art, and was a common component in cycles of the Life of the Virgin as well as the Life of Christ.

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