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OCR: Eshe imer Adam: 1578- 1610) German landscape painter influenced br Dutch landscape painting. Elsheimer trav eled to Munich and later t Venice where he studied the works f Tintoretto After leaving Venice he frequently used unusual light effects in his scenes During his latest period (after 1600) he produced compositions lit by fire or candle light. His Flig}t to Egypt ( t1609)is considered the first nocturna. painting to accurately depict the Milky Way as well as several constellations: it is alsa the first painting in which the moon and stars the sale saurce positions 1609 firs nocturnal constella tions provide sole sourre