# Return from the Flight to Egypt

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VOS, Marten de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 13 x 10 cm

## Commentary

Rarer in religious iconography, the Return from the Flight to Egypt portrays the return journey of the Holy Family and Christ as an older child to Nazareth, which they had left to escape the fury of Herod. Set in a panoramic landscape, the scene describes the crossing of a river. The Family is sitting in a boat steered by two boatmen, one perched on the bow and the other on the stern. The Virgin, Joseph, Christ and their donkey are all on board. A fifth person is not identified.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of the Seven Liberal Arts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/allegory-of-the-seven-liberal-arts-r3e4dd70c7e8dca>)
- [Christ Triumphant over Death and Sin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/christ-triumphant-over-death-and-sin-rea45d6490fd1f7>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/nativity-r3146c29ca13561>)
- [Portrait of Antonius Anselmus, His Wife and Their Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/portrait-of-antonius-anselmus-his-wife-and-their-children-r9386ab66c2a9bf>)
- [Scene from the Life of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/scene-from-the-life-of-the-virgin-rfc148ac398e4ff>)
- [St Luke Painting the Virgin Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/st-luke-painting-the-virgin-mary-rad542b43b89bb1>)
- [St Paul Bitten by a Viper on the Island of Malta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/st-paul-bitten-by-a-viper-on-the-island-of-malta-r94b7021c26e24c>)
- [The Emperor&#39;s Toll](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/the-emperors-toll-rbc239dcb853bc6>)
- [The Family of St Anne \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/the-family-of-st-anne-detail-r94f71dc4536cd9>)
- [The Family of St Anne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/the-family-of-st-anne-r662d7ba4bd18ac>)
- [The Marriage at Cana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/the-marriage-at-cana-r2603d5cddfddac>)
- [The Rape of Europa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vos-marten-de-r0f6dcc1feb9b40/the-rape-of-europa-r797315f087a1b7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)