Erasmus Balderman

1535

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a man portrait from the chest up. He is facing slightly to the left, with a gaze forward. The man has a mustache, wavy hair, and is wearing a wide-brimmed hat. He has a patterned collared shirt and a draped cloak or coat. A ring is visible on one of his fingers. The background has a detailed textured pattern, with text above and below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 13.1 × 9.7 cm (5 3/16 × 3 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.868

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 93, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(A.S.W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 93, state i/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. 107, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954075

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