Peasant Woman with Two Jugs

1524

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

This print shows a person depicted from head to toe, standing upright and turning towards the left. One of their arms gestures out to the left, while the other is tucked under the edge of their garment. Their face is not visible, obscured by a hood that covers almost their entire head and neck, with a small opening that shows only their nose. The individual wears a long-sleeved, buttoned coat and a long skirt or robe. Two large jugs, one on each side, stand on the ground close to their feet, and a woven basket with grass or leaves is seen near the jug on the left. The background is plain, off-white paper. The artwork includes small handwritten numbers "1524" at the top left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 4.2 × 3 cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.880

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 49, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Langmaak Collection, Hamburg (Lugt 2801a); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1930; 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. 49, 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. 54, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954112

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