Jupiter

c. 1570/1598

Theodor de Bry, after Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Theodor de Bry

Artist, Flemish, 1528 - 1598

Sebald Beham

Artist After, German, 1500 - 1550

The image features a figure standing confidently in an upright position. The figure has a full beard and is wearing a helmet with a plume. They wear short, classical-style armor with exposed lower legs and a belted skirt. The figure holds a scepter in one hand and a cluster of objects in the other. A smaller, seated, winged figure holding a spear is beside them. The background includes stylized clouds, and a banner above the figure reads "IVP PITER," designating them as Jupiter, the Roman god. A Latin inscription is at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1136

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 24

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. 1365.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951 (Vol. IV): no. 24.

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. R10.

Wikidata ID

Q64961700

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