Double Cup with Two Genii Riding on Dolphins

1526

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of an ornate ornamental design with two putti. The image features a highly detailed and symmetrical composition centered around an elaborately decorated urn or vase. The upper half is adorned with intricate floral and foliate motifs, with graceful curves and swirling patterns. Below the vase, two putti are depicted supporting the structure. These figures are rendered with a sense of weight and volume. The entire composition is framed by more scrollwork and decorative elements. The year 1526 and the initials "ISP" are inscribed at the bottom center of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1118

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 242, State only


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. 247.

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. 242.

Wikidata ID

Q64961606

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