Cleopatra Seated

c. 1540/1544

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a person seated with legs crossed and one arm on their lap, head tilted slightly to the left. They have curly, shoulder-length hair and soft facial features. The person wears a robe that drapes over one shoulder, leaving the other bare, with a sash tied at the waist. A serpent is wrapped around their arm and hand. The setting is a sparsely decorated room with bars on a window, chains on the ground, and walls with what seems to be an empty circular window or vent. The overall composition is detailed, resembling an etching or engraved artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10.3 × 7.1 cm (4 1/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1228

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 83, 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. 81.

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. 83.

Wikidata ID

Q64961968

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