An artist of incomparable fantasy and expressive power, Tura was court painter to the dukes of Ferrara. This scene depicts a weary Holy Family fleeing to Egypt after receiving a warning that King Herod was seeking to kill the infant Jesus. This roundel belongs to a series of three showing the early life of Christ, possibly from the predella of Tura's Roverella Altarpiece.

Source: metmuseum.org

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The Flight into Egypt by Cosme Tura
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