BROEDERLAM, Melchior
(active 1381-1409)

The Flight into Egypt (detail)

1393-99
Tempera on wood
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon

The picture shows a detail of the Flight into Egypt on the right wing of the Dijon Altarpiece.

At the foot of the mountain stands a small statue of a warrior, armed with a lance. The statue has been broken in two, an allusion to the end of idolatry.