Escape into Egypt by Wolf Huber et al.,

 Salvete Omnes,

 Wolf Huber - Escape of the Holy Family to Egypt aka Flight into Egypt -

Dosso Dossi et Batista Dossi

Jan de Beer

Pieter Artsen

Hans Baldug Grien

Bramantino

Vittore Carpaccio

Jorg Breu

Jan Wellens de Cock

Anonymous

Llorens

Jerg Ratgeb

Joachim Beuckelaer

Gerard David - do note the saddle on this donkey

Master of Half-Lengths - note king Herod's  soldiers searching for the Holy Family in the background

Master of Female Half-Lengths - note the saddle on the grazing donkey

Melker altar

Pallanza

Henri de Bles

Micheleangelo di Pietro Membrini

Flight into Egypt with the Massacre of the Innocents in the background

and the nice pack and draft saddles from the Northern Renaissance German manuscript

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Valete

Christmas is coming - onto Bethlehem

Salvete Omnes,

 

Giovanni Badile - Maria Gravita

Christmas is coming fast to our homes, only 5 days to Christmas' Eve - so in the spirit of Gospels I corralled some mosaics, carvings, paintings and their details from the pre-XVII century period  showing the Holy Family traveling, by donkey and with Virgin Mary very pregnant, from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

first  a medieval ivory carving - from Amalfi, then part of  the Norman Italian realm, early XII century -

Byzantine, XIV century, mosaic from  Chora church (mosque nowadays in Turkiye) - the donkey looks high bred and almost noble.

Bruegel the Elder, 1599 - The Census at Bethlehem. - details

and one more detail  from Hugo van der Goes' work (Portinari Triptych) -

enjoy

Valete