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Artists›Adam Elsheimer

Adam Elsheimer

German, 1578–1610

WA-00016142

Rome

PaintingBaroque

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None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ310285

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (12)

Tobias and the Angel

1607 · copper

National Gallery of Art

Ceres Changes Stellio into a Lizard

1605 · gouache and pen and brown ink on brown prepared paper

sheet: 11 x 6.8 cm (4 5/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Mocking of Ceres

1605 · copper

Image: 29.2 x 23.7 cm (11 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 32 x 24.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1600 · Oil on copper

21 × 16.3 cm (8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.); Framed: 33 × 26.7 × 2.5 cm (13 × 10 1/2 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Man Scratching His Leg

1598 · Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper laid down on white Japanese paper

12.6 × 12.6 cm (5 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

1590 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

8 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (20.5 x 16.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Seated Young Woman

1590 · Gouache

2 15/16 x 2 13/16 in. (7.5 x 7.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

1590 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

8 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (20.5 x 16.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Young Woman

1590 · Gouache

2 15/16 x 2 13/16 in. (7.5 x 7.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tobias en de engel

1588 · brush on paper

height: 149 cm, width: 117 cm

Rijksmuseum

Judgement Scene with a Bound Prisoner

1588 · pen on ink, paper

width: 120 cm, height: 184 cm

Rijksmuseum

Tobias en de engel

1560 · etching on paper

height: 90 cm, width: 140 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (6)

12 published of 35 catalogued · 33 with image

The Met
4 published2 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Nga
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 23 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

14 entries · 2 sources

The Mocking of Ceres
1605 · Cleveland · 6 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Tobias and the Angel
1607 · Nga · 5 prov
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Tobias en de engel
1588 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Judgement Scene with a Bound Prisoner
1588 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tobias en de engel
1560 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

11 assets

Artsy

Rijksmuseum

Judgement Scene with a Bound Prisoner (1588 - 1610)

Rijksmuseum

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis (1612)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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