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Flight to Egypt, Francisco Vieira. Christmas Stamp (French), New Hebrides 1976

Christmas stamp Michel 438-40

Dimensions: 49 x 32 mm

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentOceania
Year1976

Resting on the Flight into Egypt, oil on wood by Francisco Vieira de Matos (Lisbon, 1699 - 1783), Baroque painter also known as Vieira Lusitano. It is on display at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon.

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.

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

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Resting on the Flight into Egypt, oil on wood by Francisco Vieira de Matos (Lisbon, 1699 - 1783), Baroque painter also known as Vieira Lusitano. It is on display at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon.

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.

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