Cleopatra Standing

1529

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a standing nude woman with a serpent coiled around her arm. She is facing slightly to the left, with her left arm raised. The woman's head is turned to the left, her eyes are focused on the snake, and her mouth is open. She has classical features, including a prominent nose and lips, with curly hair reaching her shoulders. In the background, there is a dark area with a faintly etched "CLEOPATRA" on a rectangular frame. On the right side are circular objects and a fabric piece marked with "1529 RDP." At the lower left is a plain vase, with a chain attached to the frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1227

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 82, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 148); 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. 80.

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. 82.

Wikidata ID

Q64961966

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