Adam Elsheimer German Baroque Era Painter, 1578-1610
German painter, printmaker and draughtsman, active in Italy. His small paintings on copper established him after his brief life as the most singular and influential German artist to follow D?rer. Their grand conception in terms of monumental figures and poetic landscape and their meticulous, miniature-like execution were admired by Rubens and came to influence many 17th-century artists, including Rembrandt. Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis Date between 1609(1609) and 1610(1610)
Medium Oil on copperplate
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