Cleopatra

1524

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a woman standing beside a tree. She is positioned with her body facing slightly to the right, her head tilted down and to the right. Her facial features include a gently rounded face with closed eyes, and her hair styled back. The woman appears to be nude. She is holding a snake, coiled around her right arm with its head resting on her breast. The background features detailed foliage with leaves and grass surrounding the woman. The word "CLEOPATRA" is inscribed in the upper right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 5.9 × 4.1 cm (2 5/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.888

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 23, State iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard von Passavant-Gontard [1852-1923], Frankfurt; (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929, no. 78); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 9, repro.

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 23, state iii/vi.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.9.

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. 23, state iv/vi.

Wikidata ID

Q64954124

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