Saint John

1541

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a person with angelic wings, curly hair, and pronounced facial features. They wear a robe, hold a staff in their right hand, and place their left hand on an open book. An eagle is next to their legs, and closed books are stacked at their feet. The background is textured, and there is text on the left side that reads "S. IOHANNIS" with the number "4" at the top right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1215

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 61, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 144); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 60, i/v.

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. 61, i/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961938

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