Temple courtyard with figures
Medium
Etching; second state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in. (22.5 × 16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.617.31
Tags
CourtyardsTemplesMen
About the Artist
Adam Elsheimer|Wenceslaus Hollar|David Teniers the Elder · 1578–1610
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.