# Rest on Flight into Egypt \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ELSHEIMER, Adam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper

## Commentary

Rest on Flight into Egypt \(detail\) c. 1599 Oil on copper Staatliche Museen, Berlin In the upper part of the painting, which may have been intended for the private altar of a patron with traditional artistic taste, angels with wreaths and singing praises fill the space of the painting.

## Related artworks

- [Apollo and Coronis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/apollo-and-coronis-r7d759485f003e6>)
- [Apollo and the Cattle of Admetus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/apollo-and-the-cattle-of-admetus-rf2bfc6ee4fc6dc>)
- [Aurora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/aurora-r5ef8fea41f53e1>)
- [Ceres and Stellio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/ceres-and-stellio-rb9bf160ca0b0f1>)
- [Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/flight-into-egypt-rc8d59d2b73204d>)
- [Glorification of the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/glorification-of-the-cross-r88827c68f58760>)
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- [Jacob&#39;s Dream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jacobs-dream-r4f935d5db59eee>)
- [Judith Beheading Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/judith-beheading-holofernes-ra95a6ad14aa8cb>)
- [Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jupiter-and-mercury-at-philemon-and-baucis-detail-r83d729d3ef6f71>)
- [Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jupiter-and-mercury-at-philemon-and-baucis-rce5bd87666a2d1>)
- [Nymph Fleeing Satyrs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/nymph-fleeing-satyrs-r5ff795b18126c1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)