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| Keywords: Peeter van Avont - Holy Family Departing for Egypt - Walters 371197.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Peeter van Avont In the Gospel of Matthew after the departure of the Wise Men an angel warned Joseph to flee with Mary and Jesus to Egypt While Jesus and his cousin John tenderly say goodbye Joseph escorted by angels who will guide the family's journey brings up the donkey for departure John carries a little cross is accompanied by a lamb symbolizing Christ's eventual sacrifice that John will later prophecy and wears the animal skin that will be his clothing as an adult in the wilderness Years later Christ came upon John preaching the coming of the Messiah and was baptized by him The scene gently insists that Christ's life and sacrifice were pre-destined ca 1625 Baroque oil on copper cm 28 37 1 accession number 37 1197 18119 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Salute to Belgium New Light on Old Pictures Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981-1982 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Salute to Belgium Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pieter van Avont Oil on copper in the United States 1620s paintings in the United States 17th-century oil paintings in the United States 17th-century paintings of Old Testament Book of Exodus Flight into Egypt | ||||
