Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Bringing Food for the Inmates of a Hospital

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Artist: Adam Elsheimer
Date: 1598
Location: Wellcome Collection

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Adam Elsheimer

Adam Elsheimer, a German Baroque painter in Rome, revolutionized landscape painting with his small, luminous oil-on-copper works.

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