ELSHEIMER (Adam), a celebrated painter, born at Franfort on the Maine, in 1574. He was first a disciple of Philip Uffenbach a German; but his desire of improvement carrying him to Rome, he soon became a most excellent artist in landscapes, history, and night-pieces, with small figures. His works are but few; and the great pains he bestowed in finishing them, raised their prices so high, that they are hardly any where to be found but in the cabinets of princes. He was of a melancholy turn, and sunk under the embarrassments of his circumstances in 1610. James Ernest Thomas of Laudau was his disciple; and imitated his style so nicely, that their performances are not easily distinguished.