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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Flight into Egypt (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape painting
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oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Gemäldegalerie inventory 1637A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1609 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Adam Elsheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Flight into Egypt
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Holy Family NERFINISHED ⓘ Infant Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ campfire ⓘ donkey ⓘ figures resting ⓘ moonlight ⓘ night sky ⓘ river landscape ⓘ starry sky ⓘ wooded landscape ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape art
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religious art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
foreground figures of the Holy Family
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landscape background ⓘ |
| height | 31 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1609 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Claude Lorrain
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Peter Paul Rubens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rembrandt NERFINISHED ⓘ landscape painting ⓘ nocturnal landscape painting ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ |
| location | Gemäldegalerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
copper support
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
astronomically accurate stars
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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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