The Virgin and Child with a Parrot

1549

Sebald Beham, after Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

Barthel Beham

Artist After, German, 1502 - 1540

The image shows a person sitting with a child standing next to them. The person has distinct facial features, long hair, and wears flowing clothing with voluminous sleeves. The child has curly hair and holds a bird in their hand. The person holds an apple close to the child. In the background, there is a tree with bare branches and a castle or large building labeled "S. MARIA."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1170

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 23, State iii/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. 21, iii/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. 23, iii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961849

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