Execution of Louis Capet 16th of the name on January 21, 1793

In the middle right-hand register (below the Presentation in the Temple), the Holy Family, in white on the right, meets Afrodisius, governor of Egypt, in blue, and the inhabitants of Sohennen, who welcomed them during the Flight to Egypt. The governor adores the Child (Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew: the spellings of Sohennen and Afrodisius vary from manuscript to manuscript, see Ecrits apocryphes chrétiens, ed. Françoise Bovon and Pierre Geoltrain, Gallimard, Pléiade, p. 139-140. In this Gospel, the Holy Family has found refuge in the city's temple, called the Capitol, whose 365 idols have fallen to the ground).
Jesus, Joseph and Mary, in golden robes, are flanked by four angels.

The identification of the man in blue with Afrodisius is not only problematic because it presupposes recourse to an apocryphal Gospel. The whole Afrodisius episode hinges on the fall of the 365 idols. N. A. Brodsky proposes that it is the recognition of Christ by the emperor Valentinian III.