The Flight into Egypt, Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)

The massacre of the innocents and the flight into EgyptMatthew 2:13-23

2 hands · 1470–1503

And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph,…Matthew 2:13

  1. The Flight into Egypt, Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)1470sCosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)This record
  2. The Flight into Egypt, Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)c. 1503–5Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

What it depicts

Matthew 2:13-23Opened by a notation lookup, not by an editor. Iconclass 73B6 glosses this subject as “the massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23)”, and this library reads the Douay-Rheims, where the passage stands at Matthew 2:13-23.

13And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

14Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

15That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

16Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:

18A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

19But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,

20Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

21Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.

23And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.

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Subject
The massacre of the innocents and the flight into EgyptMatthew 2:13-23joined by editor pass delegated by Abe Garcia, 2026-09-18
Iconclass
73B641
Holder's headings
Donkeys, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Flight Into Egypt, Joseph
Wikidata depicts
Jesus Christ, Mary, man, Saint Joseph, Flight into Egypt, donkey

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Rights

Credit
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Licence
CC0-1.0
Evidence
metmuseum.org collection api v1: isPublicDomain=true on object 437849 (read 2026-09-16)
Record
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437849
The Flight into Egypt, Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)
The Flight into Egypt — Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)1470s

How this join was made

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY gives this object the Iconclass notation73B641, and the library's map reads that notation as Matthew 2:13-23. An editor has checked the picture against the passage and confirmed it.

Confirmed: the object's own title names the scene and the matched notation or heading is specific to it.

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