Halberdier on Horseback

c. 1525/1527

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a person riding a horse. The person has a prominent nose, a defined chin, and a beard. They wear a flowing garment and a turban-style head covering. The person holds a long-barreled firearm. The setting is natural, with dense foliage and bushes. The horse has its head lowered, appearing to graze.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.3 × 4.5 cm (2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.872

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 53

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet sale, April 1939, no. 2); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1939; 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. 53.

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. 61.

Wikidata ID

Q64954095

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