PATENIER, Joachim
(b. ca. 1480, Bouvignes, d. 1524, Antwerpen)

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

1515-16
Oil on panel, 32 x 58 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

In this painting Patenier's characteristically high viewpoint creates a panorama seen from a bird's-eye view, with a very distant horizon and a sense of boundlessness. The figures are totally integrated into the natural setting.