Standard Bearer

1526

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image depicts a man standing upright, turned slightly to the left. He has a distinct facial expression with defined eyebrows, a mustache, and a beard. His curly hair is covered by an elaborate hat, and he wears a detailed garment with padded components and wide puffed sleeves. He holds a sword in his left hand and a shovel over his right shoulder. A textured cloak billows out behind him. In the background are subtle landscape elements, such as a tree and plants. A plinth beside him indicates the date of the image as 1536.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 7.3 x 5 cm (2 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1088

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 208, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

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.

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. 208, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961482

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