Flight to Egypt

This 1494 Flight into Egypt, in the Dresden collections, is one of a series of scenes from the life of the Virgin that Dürer painted as a young artist. The set demonstrates his early mastery of narrative painting and his integration of landscape with religious narrative Albrecht Dürer brought Italian Renaissance ideas north, combining German Gothic tradition with classical proportions to become the dominant artist in the German-speaking world Oil on canvas, increasingly preferred over panel in

The Holy Family travels through a detailed landscape that combines naturalistic German scenery with the biblical subject. Dürer's precise rendering of trees, rocks, and distance demonstrates his landscape skill even in this early work.