Adam Elsheimer

1578–1610 · Baroque

Adam Elsheimer was a German Baroque painter who worked in Rome. Though his career was short, his relatively few paintings were very influential in the early 17th century. His works were nearly all small oils on copper plates, of the type often known as cabinet paintings. They include a variety of light effects, and an innovative treatment of landscape. He was an influence on many other artists, including Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens.

39 paintings

• Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (c. 1605)
• Elizabeth of Hungary Visiting a Hospital (1596)
• The Mocking of Ceres (1605)
• The Flight into Egypt (1609)
• Apollo and Coronis (1606)
• The Flight into Egypt (1605)
• The Burning of Troy (1600)
• Coronis and Apollo (1607)
• Venus and Cupid (1600)
• Tobias and the Angel (1605)
• Saint John the Evangelist (1605)
• Saint Peter (1605)
• Saint Paul (1605)
• Saint John the Baptist (1605)
• Aurora (1606)
• Landscape with the Walk to Emmaus (1607)
• Mercury and Battus (1607)
• Pan and Syrinx (1607)
• The Altarpiece of the Holy Cross (1604)
• Christ Crucified (1603)
• The Conversion of Saint Paul (1598)
• The Deluge (1599)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Digging for the Cross (bottom middle left) (1604)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Embarkation of the Empress Helena (left) (1604)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: Emperor Heraclius’ Entry into Jerusalem (1604)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: Heraclius on Horseback with the Cross (bottom right) (1604)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Questioning of the Jew (bottom left) (1604)
• The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Testing of the Cross (middle right) (1604)
• Tobias and the Angel (1607)
• Reisealtar mit sechs Szenen aus dem Leben Mariae (1600)
• The Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist and angels (1600)
• Saint Christopher (1598)
• The Baptism of Christ (1599)
• Saint Paul on Malta (1600)
• Saint Lawrence prepared for Martyrdom (1600)
• Il Contento (1607)
• The Stoning of Saint Stephen (1603)
• The Young Virgin Mary with Saint Anne (1620)
• Ceres in the House of Hecuba (1605)