Die Flucht nach Ägypten

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein painted this Flight into Egypt around 1503, during his years as Dürer's chief workshop assistant in Nuremberg. The Holy Family's escape from Herod's massacre was a popular subject that combined dramatic narrative with idyllic landscape. Schäufelein's version reflects his development between Dürer's influence and his own more linear style. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Oil on panel with detailed landscape rendering and Schäufelein's characteristic linear approach to figure drawing. The journey scene combines Dürer-influenced landscape details with the artist's own more graphic compositional style.