King Ferdinand I

1531

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image depicts a man's upper body in three-quarter view. He faces slightly left with his head turned in the same direction, showing a side profile. The man has distinctive facial features including a pronounced nose, thin lips, and deep-set eyes. His short, wavy, light-colored hair frames his face. He wears a large, round hat with decorations and a chain around his neck with a pendant. The man is dressed in an ornate, layered garment with a high collar and large sleeves. The background is dark and textured, and the image is designed in a monochromatic, engraved style. An inscription below the portrait suggests a historical figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 13.3 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.9 × 13.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.870

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 91, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; 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. 91, state ii/iii.

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. 105, state ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954092

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