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Flight into Egypt, Gerard David. Christmas Stamp (English), New Hebrides 1977

Stamp . Christmas, Michel 499-01, Yvert 524-6.

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SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentOceania
Year1977

Esta tabla al óleo de 60 x 39 cm del pintor primitivo flamenco Gerard David (Oudewater, 1460 – Brujas, 1523) se conserva en el museo del Prado. Otra muy similar, está en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York.

In the New Hebrides Condominium (Vanuatu since independence in 1979), the stamps were issued in both French and English versions.

La Flight to Egypt. The break in the flight to Egypt. In this motif, often depicted in Christian painting, Mary flees from the slaughter of the first-born ordered by Herod, the ruler of Judea, and takes the opportunity to breastfeed, either during a pause on the road or on the donkey. According to the Gospel of Saint Matthew (Matthew 2:13), an angel appeared to Saint Joseph ordering him to flee with his wife and son to Egypt, as Herod, King of Judea, having learned of the birth of Jesus from the Magi and fearing that he would be dethroned by him, was looking for him in order to kill him.

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Esta tabla al óleo de 60 x 39 cm del pintor primitivo flamenco Gerard David (Oudewater, 1460 – Brujas, 1523) se conserva en el museo del Prado. Otra muy similar, está en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York.

In the New Hebrides Condominium (Vanuatu since independence in 1979), the stamps were issued in both French and English versions.

La Flight to Egypt. The break in the flight to Egypt. In this motif, often depicted in Christian painting, Mary flees from the slaughter of the first-born ordered by Herod, the ruler of Judea, and takes the opportunity to breastfeed, either during a pause on the road or on the donkey. According to the Gospel of Saint Matthew (Matthew 2:13), an angel appeared to Saint Joseph ordering him to flee with his wife and son to Egypt, as Herod, King of Judea, having learned of the birth of Jesus from the Magi and fearing that he would be dethroned by him, was looking for him in order to kill him.