The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom

c. 1525/1550

Sebald Beham and Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image features two nude figures, an adult and a child, seen from behind. The adult is lying on their stomach on rocky terrain, with hair tied back in a braid. The child stands beside the adult, facing them, with short curly hair. They are in a natural setting with rocks and sparse vegetation. In the background, there are rolling hills, a distant castle-like structure, and a cloudy sky. The text "S. IOHANES. CRISOSTOMVS." is inscribed at the top of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Paul J. Sachs

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 5.3 x 7.7 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.2.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 71, State v/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

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. 70, v/viii.

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. 71, v/viii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961400

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