The Flight into Egypt (1609)

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The Flight into Egypt (1609) is a small but influential nocturnal landscape painting by German artist Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its pioneering use of naturalistic moonlight and starry sky effects in depicting the biblical scene.

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instanceOf landscape painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Die Flucht nach Ägypten ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance early example of astronomical accuracy in art ⓘ
milestone in night landscape painting ⓘ
basedOn Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen ⓘ
colorPalette contrasting highlights ⓘ
dark tonal range ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Adam Elsheimer ⓘ
creatorNationality German ⓘ
creatorResidenceAtTimeOfWork Rome ⓘ
depicts Flight into Egypt ⓘ
Holy Family ⓘ
Infant Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus

Saint Joseph ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
campfire ⓘ
distant town ⓘ
donkey ⓘ
group of travelers ⓘ
moon ⓘ
river landscape ⓘ
starry sky ⓘ
genre nocturnal landscape ⓘ
hasFormat small-scale cabinet painting ⓘ
hasPerspective deep spatial recession ⓘ
inception 1609 ⓘ
influenced Claude Lorrain ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn

later Baroque landscape painting ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
lighting firelight ⓘ
moonlight ⓘ
locatedIn Munich ⓘ
location Alte Pinakothek ⓘ
mainSubject biblical scene ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor innovative nocturnal landscape ⓘ
naturalistic moonlight effects ⓘ
realistic starry sky ⓘ
partOf European Baroque art ⓘ
surface copper ⓘ

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