Saint Philip

1545

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a barefoot male holding a staff with a cross in his right hand and a scroll in his left hand. He has a long beard and short, slightly curled hair. He wears a robe that covers his body from shoulders to feet, with folds indicating movement. The background is plain with some plants near his feet on a rocky surface. Text is present in the upper left corner and the year "1545" is inscribed on the left side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1204

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 50, State ii/v

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. 49, ii/vi.

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. 50, ii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961913

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