Ecce Homo

1522

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a detailed architectural scene featuring a group of people in period clothing. The composition displays numerous figures adorned in ornate historical attire around a grand architectural setting with soaring arches and decorative columns. The figures appear engaged in a scene within a structured, interior space. The drawing emphasizes intricate line work and shading to convey depth and texture within the stonework and clothing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.7 x 8.5 cm (5 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.54.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 312, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 88.

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. 822, ii/ii.

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. 312, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: HsP; center verso in graphite: B.88; lower left verso in graphite: APG 8719; lower center verso in graphite: C.11178

Wikidata ID

Q74877182

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