Two Profile Studies of a Man's Head

1542

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows an illustration of a man's head and neck in profile. The man is facing right with a grid structure on the left side displaying the same profile. His face features include a slightly pronounced brow, straight nose, and full lips. He has short hair with visible texture lines. He is depicted without clothing except for a faint line at the base of his neck. There is no jewelry or objects in the image. The background has parallel lines, with text reading "EINES MANNES HAVPT" above and a shield with "1542" and "HsB" between the two profiles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1098

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 262, State ii/iii

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. 220, ii/iii.

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. 262, ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961520

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