Lucretia Standing at a Column

c. 1524

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a person standing upright next to a large pillar. The person is unclothed and holding a piece of cloth on their arm. They have long hair and detailed facial features, including closed lips. The setting includes architectural elements and a decorative stone structure. The image appears to be an engraving or etching with fine lines and hatching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.2 × 4.5 cm (2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.884

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 21, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 10, repro.

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 21, state ii/ii.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.10.

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. 21, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954117

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