Titus Gracchus

1528

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

This is a drawing of a battle scene. The image depicts a clash between centaurs and human figures. The composition features figures engaged in combat with various weapons and fighting stances. The centaurs are shown attacking and being attacked. The drawing uses fine lines and detailing to depict muscular forms and expressions of struggle. Actions extend across the panoramic format, creating a narrative of conflict.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 5.3 × 29 cm (2 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.875

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eduard Schultze [died 1899], Vienna (Lugt 906); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 60.

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 24.

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. 24, state ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954099

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