Brief Biography-Adam Elsheimer was born in Frankfort in 1578. His apprenticeship was under Philipp Uffenbach, also of Frankfort. On exceeding his master’s talent, he left for Italy in 1598. Venice was his first stop for two years, where Tintoretto and Caravaggio influenced his light effects. In 1600, he moved to Rome and lived there for the remainder of his life. In Rome, Elsheimer assisted Hans-Johann Rottenhammer with some of his paintings. He influenced Claude Lorrain and Rubens, and later Rembrandt was impressed by his work. Unfortunately, he never received adequate sums for pictures, resulting in him living in such poverty that debtors had him cast into prison. Adam Elsheimer died a young man. His paintings are small and usually of copper. According to Rubens, had he been appropriately paid for his paintings, he would have been a wealthy man respected by all the world. (Old history books state he was born in 1774 and died in 1620.)