Saint Sebald Carrying the Model of His Church in Nuremberg

c. 1521

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows an illustration of a figure from the waist up. The person faces forward with their head slightly tilted downwards. They have long, gray, wavy hair and a beard. The person wears a hat with a small cross and an "X" design. They wear a robe with a voluminous sleeve on one arm. The person holds a staff in one hand and a model of a church or cathedral in the other hand. The background features a circular frame with decorative foliage. The composition is in sepia tone, with an ornate border around the central figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with touches of red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1959.16.5

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. p. 25.

1986

  • Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1986, no. 182.

2000

  • Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Dürer and Holbein, The J. Paul Getty Museum, LA and The St. Louis Art Museum, 2000-2001, no. 62, as Design for Stained Glass with Saint Sebald Carrying the Model of His Church in Nuremberg.

Bibliography

1903

  • Dodgson, C. Durer Society XIV (1903).

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 79.

Wikidata ID

Q64630676

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