Two Profile Studies of a Woman's Head

1542

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image displays two side profiles of a head, one on the left and another on the right. The left drawing shows a head with facial features inside a grid system. The right drawing depicts a detailed profile of the same head, highlighting the facial features and hair texture. The profile shows a clean-shaven face, a straight nose, and defined lips, with short slightly wavy hair. The head and part of the neck are visible without clothing. The background has a shaded, cross-hatched texture, and there is text at the top that reads "EINES WEIBES HAUPT." At the bottom right corner, the date "1542" and the initials "ISB" are inscribed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1099

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 263, 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. 221, ii/ii.

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. 263, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961521

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