The Flight into Egypt

E458343

landscape painting nocturne (night) painting painting religious painting

The Flight into Egypt is a renowned early 17th-century nocturnal landscape painting by German artist Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its innovative use of moonlight and detailed depiction of the night sky.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Biblical narrative of the Flight into Egypt	1
The Flight into Egypt canonical	1
The Flight into Egypt in Winter	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4595038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Flight into Egypt
Context triple: [Adam Elsheimer, work, The Flight into Egypt]

A. The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple is a detailed 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting the biblical scene of the young Jesus being discovered by his parents teaching in the Temple.
B. Christ in the House of His Parents
Christ in the House of His Parents is a mid-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite religious painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in a detailed, naturalistic carpenter’s workshop.
C. Relics of the Holy Crib
The Relics of the Holy Crib are venerated fragments believed to be from the manger in which Jesus was laid after his birth, preserved as a major Christian relic.
D. The Nativity
The Nativity is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes depicting the birth of Jesus with the movement’s characteristic attention to detail, color, and emotional tenderness.
E. The Finding of Moses
The Finding of Moses is a Baroque-era religious painting by French artist Charles de La Fosse depicting the biblical story of the infant Moses being discovered in the Nile.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Flight into Egypt
Target entity description: The Flight into Egypt is a renowned early 17th-century nocturnal landscape painting by German artist Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its innovative use of moonlight and detailed depiction of the night sky.

A. The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple is a detailed 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting the biblical scene of the young Jesus being discovered by his parents teaching in the Temple.
B. Christ in the House of His Parents
Christ in the House of His Parents is a mid-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite religious painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in a detailed, naturalistic carpenter’s workshop.
C. Relics of the Holy Crib
The Relics of the Holy Crib are venerated fragments believed to be from the manger in which Jesus was laid after his birth, preserved as a major Christian relic.
D. The Nativity
The Nativity is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes depicting the birth of Jesus with the movement’s characteristic attention to detail, color, and emotional tenderness.
E. The Finding of Moses
The Finding of Moses is a Baroque-era religious painting by French artist Charles de La Fosse depicting the biblical story of the infant Moses being discovered in the Nile.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landscape painting ⓘ nocturne (night) painting ⓘ painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
collection	Alte Pinakothek ⓘ linked to: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
completionDate	1609 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator	Adam Elsheimer ⓘ
depicts	Flight into Egypt ⓘ Infant Jesus ⓘ linked to: Child Jesus Milky Way ⓘ Saint Joseph ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ campfire ⓘ distant town ⓘ donkey ⓘ moon ⓘ night sky ⓘ river ⓘ stars ⓘ wooded landscape ⓘ
dimension	31.7 cm height ⓘ 41 cm width ⓘ
genre	landscape art ⓘ religious art ⓘ
hasPart	Holy Family group ⓘ linked to: Holy Family celestial sky zone ⓘ foreground landscape ⓘ
inception	1609 ⓘ
influenced	Claude Lorrain ⓘ Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ Rembrandt ⓘ linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn development of nocturnal landscape painting ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ Munich ⓘ
location	Alte Pinakothek ⓘ linked to: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
medium	oil on copper ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ Early Baroque ⓘ
notableFor	detailed depiction of the night sky ⓘ innovative use of moonlight ⓘ naturalistic astronomical details ⓘ
originalTitle	Die Flucht nach Ägypten ⓘ linked to: Rest on the Flight into Egypt
originalTitleLanguage	German ⓘ
surface	copper plate ⓘ
titleLanguage	English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adam Elsheimer → work → The Flight into Egypt ⓘ

The Triumph of the Innocents → basedOn → Biblical narrative of the Flight into Egypt ⓘ

linked to: The Flight into Egypt

Seasons cycle by Pieter Bruegel the Elder → hasPart → The Flight into Egypt in Winter ⓘ