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Temple courtyard with figures
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Temple courtyard with figures

Medium

Etching; second state of three

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in. (22.5 × 16.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963

Classification

Prints

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.