The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)

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The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) is a small but influential early 17th-century nocturnal landscape painting by Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its poetic depiction of the Holy Family’s journey under a star-filled sky and its pioneering use of light and atmosphere.

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The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
basedOn Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
catalogCode Gemäldegalerie inventory 1637A ⓘ
linked to: Gemäldegalerie
collection Gemäldegalerie, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Gemäldegalerie
completionDate 1609 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Adam Elsheimer ⓘ
depicts Flight into Egypt ⓘ
Holy Family ⓘ
Infant Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus

Milky Way ⓘ
Saint Joseph ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
campfire ⓘ
donkey ⓘ
figures resting ⓘ
moonlight ⓘ
night sky ⓘ
river landscape ⓘ
starry sky ⓘ
wooded landscape ⓘ
genre landscape art ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
hasPart foreground figures of the Holy Family ⓘ
landscape background ⓘ
height 31 cm ⓘ
inception 1609 ⓘ
influenced Claude Lorrain ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn

landscape painting ⓘ
nocturnal landscape painting ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
locatedIn Berlin ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
location Gemäldegalerie ⓘ
materialUsed copper support ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor astronomically accurate stars ⓘ
innovative depiction of night sky ⓘ
pioneering use of light and atmosphere ⓘ
poetic mood ⓘ
partOf collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ
support copper plate ⓘ
width 41 cm ⓘ

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Adam Elsheimer → work → The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) ⓘ