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Adam Elsheimer

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Multi-panel altarpiece with six scenes of the Virgin Mary's life and a central heavenly coronation scene with angels.

Hausaltar mit sechs Szenen aus dem Leben der Jungfrau Maria

1598

Painting of a kneeling saint in red robes being stoned by a crowd while an angel descends with a palm branch.

The Stoning of St Stephen

1603

Small painting of an older woman and a young girl reading a book beneath golden trees in a woodland setting.

The Young Virgin Mary with Saint Anne

1610

Night scene in a forest: a woman in red drinks from a cup beside an old woman with a candle and a nude child.

Ceres in the House of Hecuba

1605

Dark landscape with an angel in a gold tunic and a young man in white walking past red poppies under trees.

Tobiah and the Angel

1593-1610

Young man carries an elderly bearded man on his back past a burning city, with fleeing figures and flames behind them.

Aeneas rettet Anchises aus dem brennenden Troja

1600

Night landscape with a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child past a campfire, under stars and moonlight over water.

The Flight into Egypt

1609

Painting of the Baptism of Christ: two nude men in a river, an angel and cherubs above, and a wooded landscape with onlookers

The Baptism of Christ

1599

Night scene of castaways warming by a bonfire on a rocky coast beside a stormy sea, with a wrecked ship in the surf.

Saint Paul on Malta

1600

Painting of a winged angel above a youth in white robes, with turbaned onlookers, a fire, and a marble statue.

Saint Lawrence prepared for Martyrdom

1600

Painting of a reclining nude woman in red drapery beside a figure in armor, with small figures at a campfire in a dark forest

Apollo and Coronis

1606

Night painting of a burning city with a man carrying an old man on his shoulders in the foreground and a wooden horse nearby.

The Burning of Troy

1600

Oval painting of the Virgin and infant on a donkey led by an older man through a rocky, wooded landscape at dusk.

The Flight into Egypt

1605

Oil portrait of a bearded man with a large white collar against a dark background, inscribed with the name Paul Bril.

Portrait of Paul Bril

1578

Painting of a reclining nude woman in a forest, with small figures around a fire by a pond under a cloudy sky.

Coronis and Apollo

1607

Painting of a reclining nude woman in red drapery beside a figure with a fruit basket, in a dark forest with a cupid.

Venus and Cupid

1600

Evening landscape with dark trees at left, three travelers on a path, a shepherd with sheep, and a distant town under a blue

Landscape with the Walk to Emmaus

1605

Small painting of a red-clad youth pointing at a seated bearded man beside a cow in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Battus

1605

Small painting of a dawn landscape with dark trees on the left, a red-clad figure, and a hazy valley under a glowing sky.

Morgenlandschaft (Aurora)

1606

Small painting of horses and soldiers in turmoil under a divine light breaking through storm clouds, with a tree at left.

The Conversion of St. Paul

1598

Painting of men in loincloths digging with pickaxes and shovels, a wooden cross in the background, with robed onlookers at ri

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Digging for the Cross (bottom middle left)

1603

Small painting of Pan pursuing the nymph Syrinx through a forest, with dancing figures in a sunlit meadow beyond.

Pan and Syrinx

1605

Painting of two women in gold and dark blue robes boarding by a harbor with a colonnade, boats, and a hilltop town behind.

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Embarkation of the Empress Helena (left)

1603

Painting of a barefoot figure in a patterned robe carrying a large wooden cross past kneeling women, children and a crowd nea

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: Emperor Heraclius’ Entry into Jerusalem

1603

Nocturnal painting of a figure in a red cloak beside a candle-lit scene with shadowy figures and a cart wheel.

The Mocking of Ceres

1605

Painting of a hospital ward with patients in wooden beds, attending women, and a religious statue on the wall.

St Elizabeth visiting a hospital

1598

Rider in gold robe and turban carries a cross on horseback, with angels in clouds above and a servant helping in the forest.

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: Heraclius on Horseback with the Cross (bottom right)

1603

Dim interior where a nude man lies on a wooden cross as a bishop and onlookers watch, painted in 1603.

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Testing of the Cross (middle right)

1603

Painting of a kneeling old man questioned by a red-clad nobleman and a pointing woman, with children and a rider in a landsca

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross: The Questioning of the Jew (bottom left)

1603