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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (Bruegel)

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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil-on-panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing Mary and Joseph carrying the infant Jesus during their biblical flight from King Herod. The work measures about 37 by 56 centimeters and places the Holy Family as small figures within a vast Alpine panorama, in keeping with Bruegel's world landscape tradition. The composition includes a fallen pagan statue, read as a sign of Christ's triumph over paganism, and small salamanders taken as symbols of evil. The painting is held in the Courtauld Gallery in London. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Year Created
1563 1
Medium
Oil on wooden panel 1
Location
Courtauld Gallery, London 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Wood 1
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Artists
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1. Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (Bruegel) (Wikipedia)
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    Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil on wooden panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing the biblical Flight into Egypt of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus.
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    Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil on wooden panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing the biblical Flight into Egypt of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus.
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    It measures 37.1 by 55.6 centimetres (14.6 in × 21.9 in) and is held in the Courtauld Gallery, in London.
  • Lead section
    Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil on wooden panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing the biblical Flight into Egypt of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil on wooden panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing the biblical Flight into Egypt of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus. It meas
  • Created By: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, lead paragraph
    Landscape with the Flight into Egypt is a 1563 oil on wooden panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing the biblical Flight into Egypt of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus. It meas
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