The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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"The Flight into Egypt" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo is an 18th-century Baroque painting depicting the Holy Family’s biblical journey, notable for its dramatic composition and luminous, theatrical use of color and light.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8720857 — 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 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Context triple: [Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, notableWork, The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]
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The Flight into Egypt (1609)
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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The Flight into Egypt (Alte Pinakothek)
The Flight into Egypt (Alte Pinakothek) is a renowned small-scale nocturnal landscape painting by Adam Elsheimer depicting the Holy Family’s biblical journey, celebrated for its pioneering use of naturalistic moonlight and starry sky.
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The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
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 Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a religious painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert depicting the Holy Family pausing during their biblical journey to Egypt.
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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a seminal late 16th-century painting by Annibale Carracci that helped establish the classical landscape tradition by integrating a biblical narrative within a harmoniously ordered natural setting.
- 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 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Target entity description: "The Flight into Egypt" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo is an 18th-century Baroque painting depicting the Holy Family’s biblical journey, notable for its dramatic composition and luminous, theatrical use of color and light.
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A.
The Flight into Egypt (1609)
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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B.
The Flight into Egypt (Alte Pinakothek)
The Flight into Egypt (Alte Pinakothek) is a renowned small-scale nocturnal landscape painting by Adam Elsheimer depicting the Holy Family’s biblical journey, celebrated for its pioneering use of naturalistic moonlight and starry sky.
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C.
The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
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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D.
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a religious painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert depicting the Holy Family pausing during their biblical journey to Egypt.
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E.
Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a seminal late 16th-century painting by Annibale Carracci that helped establish the classical landscape tradition by integrating a biblical narrative within a harmoniously ordered natural setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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religious painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Catholic Counter-Reformation tradition ⓘ |
| artisticFeature |
dynamic composition
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rich color palette ⓘ strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | Rococo-influenced Baroque ⓘ |
| artistNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| artistStyle | Venetian Baroque ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel of Matthew
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New Testament ⓘ |
| compositionStyle | dramatic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Catholic devotional art ⓘ |
| depicts |
Flight into Egypt
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Holy Family ⓘ Infant Jesus ⓘ
linked to:
Child Jesus
Saint Joseph ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ biblical scene ⓘ donkey ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| iconography |
Holy Family in flight
ⓘ
linked to:
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
|
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holy Family’s journey into Egypt
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linked to:
The Flight into Egypt
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| medium | oil paint (inferred) ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| portrays |
Joseph leading the donkey
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Mary holding the Christ Child ⓘ journey through landscape ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Testament narrative
ⓘ
life of Christ ⓘ |
| theme |
biblical narrative
ⓘ
divine guidance ⓘ protection of the Holy Family ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Flight into Egypt ⓘ |
| useOfColor | luminous ⓘ |
| useOfLight | theatrical ⓘ |
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Subject: The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Description of subject: "The Flight into Egypt" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo is an 18th-century Baroque painting depicting the Holy Family’s biblical journey, notable for its dramatic composition and luminous, theatrical use of color and light.
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