Naked Woman on an Armor (Prudentia?)

c. 1525/1527

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

This print features a nude person seated on a surface that appears to be a breastplate. The person is sitting with their back towards us, turning slightly to the right, and they are looking over their shoulder towards us. Their facial features include a straight nose, large eyes, and curly hair combed back. The individual is holding a large urn-like object in their hands. Near the bottom-right corner, a helmet rests next to the breastplate. The background is filled with shaded diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 5.1 × 3.7 cm (2 × 1 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.881

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 28, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?], Berlin (Lugt 654); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 28, state ii/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Barthel Beham, compiled by Anne Röver-Kann). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 45, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64954114

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