Adam Elsheimer

(1578–1610) tysk målare

Adam Elsheimer (Germany, 1578–1610) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a designer. By year of birth, Adam Elsheimer belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Adam Elsheimer was born in Frankfurt and died in Rome. The teachers included Philipp Uffenbach and Hans Rottenhammer. Adam Elsheimer worked in Rome. The students included David Teniers the Elder, Paul Juvenell the Elder, and Carlo Saraceni.

The best-known works include ‘Landscape with the Good Samaritan’ and ‘The Flight into Egypt’. The catalogue has 70 works by Adam Elsheimer with free images. The dated works span the years 1594–1720. Works by Adam Elsheimer are held by several collections, among them Städel, Petworth House, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and National Galleries Scotland. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Georg Flegel, Bartolomeo Schedoni, Hieronymus, II Francken, Pasquale Ottino, and Ottavio Leoni.

• The Baroque
• The Flight into Egypt