Moon

1539

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a full-body depiction of a woman standing and facing slightly to the side with her head turned toward the viewer. She holds a crescent moon in her left hand and a staff in her right hand. Her facial features include detailed eyes and a slightly curved mouth, with long wavy hair falling around her shoulders. She wears a cloth around her lower body, a belt around her waist, and is barefoot. She stands on what appears to be a large lobster or crustacean. In the background, there is a small bush to her left and a structure made of rectangular stone blocks to her right, with grass and foliage growing beside it. The word "LUNA" and a crescent moon appear in the upper left corner, with the date "1539" and initials or a monogram "ISB" on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1067

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 124, State ii/v


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 122, ii/v.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 124, ii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961441

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