Female Satyr Playing a Bagpipe

c. 1530/1539

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a mythical creature playing a wind instrument while seated on a stone block. The creature has distinct features, including pointed ears and long hair, and appears to have a satyr-like appearance. It is unclothed with muscular arms and goat-like legs ending in hooves. The background consists of tall grasses and plants, with a simple frame around the artwork and the initials "ISB" in the upper right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9333

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 111, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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. 112.

1996

  • 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. 111.

Wikidata ID

Q65025515

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