Sun

1539

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a crowned figure holding a sun-faced staff and standing over a lion. The scene depicts a crowned individual holding a tall staff with a radiant sun that has a human face. The figure stands barefoot upon a lion, whose face expresses a human-like expression. On the upper left, there are inscriptions that include the number "4" and the word "SOL". The detailed cross-hatching and inkwork give the drawing a classic, symbolic appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1064

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 106, State ii/v

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. 119, ii/v.

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. 106, ii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961436

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