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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt Joachim Patinir, 1515
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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Joachim Patinir Β· 1515

Why it's great

Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus are small figures traveling through a huge landscape, with a pagan idol falling off its pillar. Joachim Patinir painted it in about 1515.

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πŸ“ Royal Museum of Fine Arts AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium

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About the artist

Joachim Patinir

1475–1524 Β· born in Bouvignes-sur-Meuse Β· died in Antwerp

Joachim Patinir was a Flemish painter, born around 1475. He is often called the first landscape painter in European art, since in his pictures vast rocky landscapes take up more room than the religious figures. He died in Antwerp in 1524.

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