Saturn

c. 1570/1598

Theodor de Bry, after Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Theodor de Bry

Artist, Flemish, 1528 - 1598

Sebald Beham

Artist After, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a print of a man holding a child, surrounded by clouds. The man is turned slightly towards the right, with light skin, a beard, and a wide-brimmed hat. His chest is partially covered by a garment that drapes off one shoulder and is tied around his waist, and his legs are bare. In one hand he holds the child, and in the other he holds the handle of an enormous scythe, the blade of which curves down from the left towards his feet. Sitting on the ground to the left is a goat, and on the right is a man with what appears to be a scaly tail, who pours out a jug of water into the bottom right corner of the print. Rays of light emanate from around the central man, and he is surrounded by swirling clouds. There is a curling banner with "SATVRNVS" written above the figure and the text "AVREI SAECVLI PRINCEPS" below.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1135

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 23


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. 1364.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951 (Vol. IV): no. 23.

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. R9.

Wikidata ID

Q64961699

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