Grabow Altarpiece
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The Grabow Altarpiece (also known as the Petri Altar) was painted by Master Bertram around 1379–1383. Originally located in St. Petri church, it is now in the
Hamburger Kunsthalle The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. It consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869 (main building), 1921 (Kuppelsaal) and ...
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, Germany. It includes the earliest known depiction of the
Rest on the Flight into Egypt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a subject in Christian art showing Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, Saint Joseph, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resting during their flight into Egypt. The Holy Family is normally shown in a landscape. The s ...
(lower row, last section on the right).Schiller, Gertud, ''Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. I'', p. 122, 1971 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London,


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Hamburger Kunsthall
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Gothic paintings 1380s works Paintings of the Annunciation Paintings of Jesus Paintings of Adam and Eve Altarpieces Paintings of the Flight into Egypt Angels in art Paintings in the Hamburger Kunsthalle {{Hamburg-stub