# The Flight into Egypt \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BROEDERLAM, Melchior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Tempera on wood

## Commentary

The picture shows a detail of the Flight into Egypt on the right wing of the Dijon Altarpiece. The Virgin is seen in profile, riding side-saddle on a small donkey. She holds the baby Jesus pressed to her cheek. He is wrapped in swaddling bands, and she has drawn her large cloak up around him. The child and his mother are looking at each other. The heads of the Virgin and Child, unlike that of Joseph, are both surrounded by a golden halo.

## Related artworks

- [Presentation in the Temple and Flight to Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/presentation-in-the-temple-and-flight-to-egypt-r1c4b208a9a1599>)
- [The Annunciation and the Visitation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-and-the-visitation-rf1835048b81f31>)
- [The Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-detail-r2576ff578e8424>)
- [The Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-detail-r8cb4f988960094>)
- [The Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-detail-rd6c3a6887c2e88>)
- [The Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-detail-rf3c2c993fbf1fa>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-annunciation-rdefa72f85b5368>)
- [The Dijon Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-dijon-altarpiece-ra343cbcc5c43ac>)
- [The Flight into Egypt \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-flight-into-egypt-detail-r493e7a74822e44>)
- [The Flight into Egypt \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-flight-into-egypt-detail-rbdbf6efc08e0fe>)
- [The Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-flight-into-egypt-re90d05785dc8d7>)
- [The Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broederlam-melchior-re770884e47d623/the-flight-into-egypt-ref8cdc971c6bd1>)

## Attribution

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