Leonhard von Eck

1527

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a man with detailed facial features, wearing a wide-brimmed cap and a richly patterned garment with a fur trim. He is turned slightly to the right, gazing off to the side. The background is plain, and the name "LEONHART VONECK" is inscribed in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.8 × 8.1 cm (4 1/4 × 3 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.5 × 8.1 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.867

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 94, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carol O. Schniewind [1900-1957], Chicago (Lugt 641a); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 28.

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 56-57, repro.

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 94, state ii/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Barthel Beham, compiled by Anne Röver-Kann). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 103, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954074

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