Landscape with the flight into Egypt
Production date
1654
Collection
Object number
83.3
Material

oil on canvas

Dimensions
203 cm x 135 cm

Lucas van Uden was a landscape painter with great talent who was heavily under the influence of Ruben’s painting art. He may have painted the landscape in the background in some of Ruben’s paintings, while Rubens may have painted the personages in the landscapes of Uden. In the lighter portion of the covering, a graphic crown was painted. Is it the crown of the Earl of Culedon (GB), in whose collection the painting was once found? The vast landscape is seen from an elevation, it unfolds itself behind a dark foreground between two coulisses, two sections of trees, the one left in the fore plan, the other to the right, somewhat more recessed. The coulisses, a frequently used technique, provide the landscape with a greater depth. By pushing the right coulisse more to the back, and thus to place the coulisses in perspective, van Uden has created the illusion of an endless vista in a clever way. At the horizon we see a windmill.

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Other artworks of this artist

Landscape with the flight into Egypt
The Abbey of Saint Bernard
Water Mill
Landscape with Sunset
Landscape with Rainbow
Landscape with a man talking to a woman
Landscape at haymaking time
Landscape with river and church
Landscape with a River