Madonna with Skull

c. 1528/1530

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows an adult woman facing left and looking down at a small child. The woman has braided hair, a calm expression, and a slight smile. She is wearing a blouse and is nursing the child. The child is reclined with closed eyes and curly hair. In the background, there is a landscape visible through a window with a castle or grand building, trees, and hills. A table near the woman and child holds an hourglass and a skull.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 4.3 × 6.5 cm (1 11/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.882

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 6, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g); George M. La Monte [1863-1927], Bound Brook, NJ (Lugt 1181c); 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. 6.

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. 38.

Wikidata ID

Q64954115

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