ELSHEIMER, Adam
(b. 1578, Frankfurt/Main, d. 1610, Roma)

Judith Beheading Holofernes

1601-03
Oil on silvered copper, 24,2 x 18,7 cm
Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London

This painting is the first work by Adam Elsheimer on a silver ground. This technical innovation may in part account for the work's relatively small size.