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Adam Elsheimer

1578 - 1610

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Adam Elsheimer (18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610) was a German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century in the field of Baroque paintings. His relatively few paintings were small-scale, nearly all painted 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Elsheimer is the 417th most popular painter (up from 422nd in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from Germany and the 42nd most popular German Painter.

Adam Elsheimer was a German painter and draftsman who is most famous for his landscapes and portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adam Elsheimer ranks 417 out of 2,023. Before him are Lorenzo Monaco, Michael Wolgemut, Federico Zuccari, Robert Rauschenberg, Rachel Ruysch, and Giuseppe Castiglione. After him are Bartholomeus Spranger, Fede Galizia, Salaì, Albert Anker, Lyonel Feininger, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Adam Elsheimer ranks 7. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, William Harvey, François Ravaillac, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, and Francesco Albani. After him are Fede Galizia, Agostino Tassi, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Benedetto Castelli, and John Webster. Among people deceased in 1610, Adam Elsheimer ranks 8. Before him are Henry IV of France, Matteo Ricci, Ludolph van Ceulen, François Ravaillac, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and Honda Tadakatsu. After him are Anna of Sweden, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Anthony Jenkinson, and Duchess Sophie of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adam Elsheimer ranks 1,154 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Auerbach (1892), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), and Emil Jellinek (1853). After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Michael Ballack (1976), Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), Gottlob Berger (1896), and Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Adam Elsheimer ranks 42. Before him are Stefan Lochner (1410), Konrad Witz (1400), Georg Baselitz (1938), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), and Michael Wolgemut (1434). After him are Godfrey Kneller (1646), Hannah Höch (1889), Heinz Linge (1913), Max Klinger (1857), Sigmar Polke (1941), and Lucian Freud (1922).

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