Female Genius Holding a Coat of Arms

1535

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a young, cherubic figure with wings. The figure is standing with one foot on the ground and the other leg resting on a large sphere. The figure has curly hair and chubby facial features. The cherub is depicted nude with a decorative fabric wrapped around one leg, holding a heraldic shield in its right hand and an elaborate helmet in its left. The background is plain. The monogram "ISB" and the date "1535" are inscribed on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.14.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 274, 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. 269.

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. 274.

Wikidata ID

Q65025518

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