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A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)
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A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

late 16th–early 17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

Dimensions

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

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Marianne and Paul Gourary Gift, 2001

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adam Elsheimer

1578–1610Germany

Elsheimer's meticulously detailed small paintings on copper would establish him as the most influential artist to follow Albrecht Dürer. He most likely arrived in Italy ca. 1598, where he quite possibly was associated with Hans Rottenhammer, and then moved to Rome in 1600, where he remained until his death. Comment on works: Landscapes; Religious.