Sun

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 image shows a mythological figure holding a sun mask. The figure is in classical style, standing with one arm raised holding a mask with a sun face, and the other arm holding a rod or scepter. The figure wears armor and a crown, surrounded by clouds. Beneath the figure is a resting lion. Above the figure is a ribbon with the word "SOL." The illustration features stippling and line work to accentuate textures and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1138

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 26

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. 1367.

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. 26.

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. R12.

Wikidata ID

Q64961707

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