The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

1520

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image depicts a full-length figure of a person holding a baby in their arms. The person is positioned facing forward, gazing towards the baby, and dressed in a flowing robe and a helmet-like headpiece adorned with a radiating design. The facial features of the person appear solemn, with shadowed eyes and a sharp nose. The baby is nestled in the person's arms, with chubby features and a gaze directed towards the person holding it. Both figures are surrounded by a series of concentric circles that emanate outward, creating a halo effect around them. In the lower-left corner, the year '1520' is inscribed along with the initials 'ISP'. The background is a textured surface with lines radiating outward.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.11.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 20, State only


Artwork history & notes

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. 18.

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. 20.

Wikidata ID

Q65084034

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