A late-Romantic German depiction of the Holy Family’s escape from Herod.
Joseph carries an axe and guides a donkey bearing Mary and the child Jesus through rocky terrain. A guardian angel floats above holding a palm branch, while a snake slithers away in the foreground, symbolizing evil fleeing from Christ.
The Holy Family, biblical escapes, Late Romanticism
Demonstrates Hofmann’s popular approach of humanizing biblical scenes with idealized beauty for domestic consumption
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