Mary, helped by Joseph and an angel, stepping from a boat to the shore, an angel steadies a donkey before her, from the series 'The Flight into Egypt' 1753

This etching, part of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s series 'The Flight into Egypt', depicts the biblical story of the Holy Family's escape to Egypt to evade King Herod's massacre of the innocents. The scene shows Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child stepping off a boat and onto the shore, aided by two angels. An angel in the foreground steadies the donkey, highlighting the dramatic moment of their journey. The artist’s use of light and shadow creates a sense of movement and drama, characteristic of the Venetian Rococo style.