This nighttime landscape places the flight into Egypt in a cosmic context. The refugee family is concealed by the night. The moon reflected in the water is perhaps symbolic that in Christ the divine breaks into the earthly realm: He will be the light to dispel the darkness.
The Flight into Egypt
- Location: Munich -- Alte Pinakothek
- Subject: Flight into Egypt
- Medium: Oil on Copper
- Year: 1609
- Country: Germany