Ornament Panel with a Large Bearded Mask

1543

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing featuring a face surrounded by ornate foliage. The central element is a face integrated into a decorative array of swirling leaves and tendrils. The composition is detailed with lines and shading, creating depth and texture in the foliage that frames the face. The drawing conveys symmetry and balance, typical of decorative arts from the Renaissance period. The ornamental elements have a fluid, organic quality, blending vegetal forms with the human-like face.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1110

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 224, State i/ii


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. 235, i/ii.

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. 224, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961560

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