Discover painter, graphic artist, draftsperson Adam Elsheimer

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Adam Elsheimer

male / German

Name variations

This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Ehlseimer, Adam
Elzheimer, Adam
Adam de Francfort
Tedesco, Adamo
The spelling 'Elzheimer' was used by Sandrart, but the artist himself signed 'Elsheimer' (Thieme/Becker).

Qualifications: painter, graphic artist, draftsperson

Nationality/school: German

Born: Frankfurt am Main (city) 1578-03-18
baptized on 18 March 1578 (Saur 2002); Houbraken: 1574.

Deceased: Rome 1610-12-11
buried in the parish church of San Lorenzo in Lucina

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: He married on 22 December 1606 in Rome with Carla Antonia Stuart from Frankfurt, the widow of the painter Nicolas de Breul from Verdun (died 25 October 1606). Witnesses of the marriage were Paul Bril and Pietro Faccheto from Mantua (active in Rome 1591-1619). Carla Antonia married again, after Elsheimer's death on 1 November 1611 with Ascanio Quercia, painter from Rome.

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

He probably worked in Venice in 1598 together with Hans Rottenhammer I and the Bassano's (Saur 2002). In Rome he became friends with Johannes Faber (herbalist and physician to pope Paul V, not to be confused with the painter Johannes Faber) and Paul Bril (Saur).

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40 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
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Biographical information

Education: Accademia di San Luca (Rome)

in 1606

Active in

Frankfurt am Main (stad) 1578 - 1596
pupil of Philipp Uffenbach
Düsseldorf (stad) 1596
Klessmann 2006
Karlsruhe (stad) 1596
Klessmann 2006
Straatsburg 1596
pupil of Friedrich Brentel (Saur 2002)
München 1598
Klessmann 2006
Venetië 1598
He possibly arrived in Venice in 1598, where he met and became friends with with Hans Rottenhammer I (Saur 2002).
Rome 1600
Klessmann 2006; in 1606 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca and married Carla Antonia Stuart from Germany.
Rome 1607 - 1610
lived in the San Lorenzo quarter in Rome

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Uffenbach, Philipp
Houbraken 1718 (as: Philip Offenbach)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Juvenel, Paul (I)
Teniers, David (I)
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: König, Johann
Lastman, Pieter
Neer, Eglon van der
Stalbemt, Adriaen van
Wtenbrouck, Moyses van
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Compagno, Scipione
Filippo Napoletano
Leclerc, Jean
Teniers, David (I)
Toussyn, Johann
Venant, François
Thomann von Hagelstein, Jakob Ernst

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), landscape (genre), Christian religious scene

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 40 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Meyssens 1649 , not paginated
De Bie 1661-1662 , p. 49-50
Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 11, 52-55 (as: Adam van Frankfoort, Adam Elshaimer)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 10 (1914), p. 483-486
Gerson 1942/1983 , passim
Hoogewerff 1942 , p. 81, 170
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 6 [1952], p. 143-151
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 90
Dacos/Meijer et al. 1995 , p. 179-183
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 5, p. 104-105 (as: Elsheimer, Adam, dit aussi Adam de Francfort, ou Adamo Tedesco)
Saur 1992- , vol. 33 (2002), p. 385-390 (as: Elsheimer (Ehlseimer; Elzheimer), Adam)
Neumeister 2003 , p. 275-314, ill.
Klessmann 2006
Cappelletti et al. 2011 , passim
Vodret 2011 , p. 60ff
Meurer/Schreurs-Morét/Simonato 2015 , p. 210-220
Sapori 2018 , p. 181-182
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A. M. Hind, 'Adam Elsheimer. I - His Education and His Engravers. II - His Original Etchings With: List of Etchings by, or Attributed to, Elsheimer', The Print Collector's Quarterly 12 (1925), p. 233ff
R. Grosse, 'Zum Werk des Adam Elsheimer', Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft 3/4 (1950), p. 173-183
E. Schaar, 'Poelenburgh und Breenbergh in Italien und ein Bild Elsheimers', Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz 9 (August 1959), no. 1, p. 25-54
J.G. van Gelder and I. Jost, 'Elsheimers unverteilter Nachlass', Simiolus 1 (1966-1967), p. 136-152
J. G. van Gelder and I. Jost, 'Elsheimers unverteilter Nachlass', Simiolus 2 (1967-1968), p. 23-45
K. K. Andrews, 'The Elsheimer Inventory and Other Documents', The Burlington Magazine 114 (1972), p. 594-607
M. Waddingham, 'Elsheimer Revised', The Burlington Magazine 114 (1972), p. 600-611
K. Andrews, 'Elsheimer's Illustrations for Houtman's "Journey to the East Indies" ', Master Drawings 13 (1975), p. 3-7
N. Sluijter-Seijffert, review of Andrews 1977, Oud Holland 92 (1978), p. 266-270
E. Cropper and G. Panofsky, 'New Elsheimer Inventories from the Seventeenth Century', The Burlington Magazine 126 (1984), p. 473-488
R. Klessmann, 'Elsheimers Aurora-Landschaft in neumen Licht', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 38 (1987), p. 158-171
R. Klessmann, 'Elsheimers ''Verspottung der Ceres'' - zur Frage des Originals', Städel Jahrbuch 16 (1997), p. 239-248
L. Pijl, 'Paintings by Paul Bril in collaboration with Rottenhammer, Elsheimer and Rubens', The Burlington Magazine 140 (1998), p. 660-667
R. E. Spear, 'Scrambling for Scudi: Notes on Painters' Earnings in Early Baroque Rome', The Art Bulletin 85 (2003), p. 310-320
M. Neumeister, 'Das Nachtstück bei Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610) und sein Einfluss auf die holländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts', in: Das Nachtstück mit Kunstlicht in der niederländischen Malerei und Graphik des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Petersberg 2003, p. 275-314
R. Klessman, 'Adam Elsheimer. Bemerkungen zur Rezeption seiner Kunst im Norden', in: V. Manuth and A. Rüger (eds)., Collected Opinions. Essays on Netherlandish Art in Honour of Alfred Bader, London 2004, p. 54-71
R. Klessman, 'Frage zur Ausbreitung und Wirkung der Werke Elsheimers', Römische Studien der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Band 23 (Elsheimer-special vol.) .....
A. Repp-Eckert, 'Adam Elsheimer und sein römischer Kreis', Kunstchronik 57 (2004), p. 599-606
Th. Fusenig, ‘Wolfgang Avemann (1583-nach 1620) und die frühe Verbreitung der niederländischen Architekturmalerei’, Oud Holland 117 (2005), p. 137-153
W. Sauerländer, 'Elsheimers "Flucht nach Ägypten" und die "Neuen Sterne"', Kunstchronik, Heft 2, Februar 2006, p. 50-54
M. Franken, 'Duivelse details. Adam Elsheimer', Museumtijdschrift/Vitrine 19, no. 5, July-August 2006, p. 12-16
R. Klessmann, 'Zum Verhältnis von Malerei und Zeichnung bei Adam Elsheimer', in: I. Lauterbach and M. Stuffmann, Aspekte deutscher Zeichenkunst, München 2006, p. 95-103
A. Repp-Eckert, 'Ausstellungen: Im Detail die Welt entdecken. Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610)', Die Kunstchronik 2007/3, p. 115-121 (review exhibitions)
Ch.T. Seiffert, 'An Unknown Drawing by Adam Alsheimer for the Frankfurt True Cross Altarpiece', Master Drawings 45 (2007), p. 201-210
R. Klessmann, 'Ein neu entdecktes Gemälde von Adam Elsheimer', Münchener Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, , 3. Folge/51 (2010), p. 191-200
L. Pijl, 'Die Zeichnungen von Adam Elsheimer: kritischer Katalog. By Joachim Jacoby', The Burlington Magazine 152 (2010), p. 105-106 (review)
B. Haeger, 'Rubens' Singular Tribute to Adam Elsheimer', in: Aemulatio. Imitation, emulation and invention in Netherlandish art from 1500 to 1800. Essays in honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, Zwolle 2011, p. 103-115
Ch.T. Seiffert, review of Jacoby 2008, Master Drawings 50 (2012), p. 539-543
G.S. Keyes, 'The Supper at Emmaus at Bowdoin College and its Association with Adam Elsheimer', Master Drawings 50 (2012), p. 523-532
G. Sapori, 'Bril, Rubens, Elsheimer: Integrazione, centralità, marginalità nella metropoli', in: A. Varela Braga and T-L. True, Roma e gli artisti stranieri, Rome 2018, p. 175-186
T. De Nile, 'Una carta finta di notte con una Maga, e con atti d’incantesimi»: copie e derivazioni da un perduto originale di Adam Elsheimer', Storia dell'Arte 1 (1018), p. 99-108

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