King Ferdinand I

1531

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a portrait of a person with short, wavy hair and prominent facial features, wearing an ornate hat and garment. The person faces slightly to the right in a side profile position. A chain around the neck suggests the presence of a medallion or pendant. The background has a textured, lined pattern, and there is an inscription in Latin at the bottom of the image.

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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: 20.8 × 13.4 cm (8 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.871

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cleveland Museum of Art (duplicate, Lugt 449c); John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929], London, (Lugt 1508); (Philadelphia Print Club); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979]; 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

Q64954094

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