Domitia Calvilla

1546

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a person in profile view from the shoulders up, facing left. The person has detailed facial features, a prominent nose and chin. Their hair is styled intricately in braids across their head. The person wears a garment fastened at the neck with a circular clasp. They are surrounded by an ornate wreath made of broad leaves. The background is a textured surface. In the upper part of the image, there is text that reads "DOMITIA CALVILLA M ANT IMP MATER," with the year "1546" and the initials "ISB" in opposite corners.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1045

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 74, State ii/ii

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. 88.

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. 74, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961407

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