Saint Matthias

1545/1546

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows a man with a long beard standing upright. He wears a cap, a robe with a cloak draped over his shoulders, and holds a book in his left hand and a large axe in his right hand. There are plants, stones, and a wooden fence in the background. The artwork features shading lines and crosshatching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1211

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 57, State iv/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. 56, iv/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. 57, iv/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961928

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