The Holy Family resting under a palm tree during the flight into Egypt. Engraving by F. Gregori after C. Maratta.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Angels above them draw down branches of a palm tree which furnish the holy family with dates. This episode is described in the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and was interpreted in the middle ages as a depiction of paradise regained. Saint Joseph hands a date to Jesus. An angel in the left foreground prepares to fill a jar with drinking water from a stream