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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Adam Elsheimer work The Flight into Egypt (1609)