Allegory of Christianity

c. 1540/1549

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a winged figure standing in a contrapposto pose. They have a calm expression, intricate hair with a leaf crown, and wear draped classical attire. They hold a heart emitting sun rays in their left hand and a staff in their right hand. A snake is at their feet. The background shows a paved area with sparse vegetation. Inscriptions are present in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1068

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 140, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 152); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

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. 130, iii/iv.

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. 140, iii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q64961442

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