Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

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Artist: Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578–1610)
Date: c. 1605
Medium: Oil on copper
Dimensions: 21 × 16.3 cm (8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.); Framed: 33 × 26.7 × 2.5 cm (13 × 10 1/2 × 1 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: painting
Style: 17th Century
Place: Germany
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Lacy Armour Fund, Chester D. Tripp Estate Fund, European Painting General Sales Proceeds, Mrs. Albert Beveridge Fund, Rhoades Foundation
Accession no.: 2012.490

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018399
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021220

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.