Peasants Behind the Fence

1546/1547

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of multiple figures in a rural setting. The artwork shows three figures in the foreground. On the left, two figures are entangled in an embrace or interaction, with a third figure overseeing from above. In the middle, a figure appears to be engaging in conversation, gesturing with one hand. The composition is set against a background of a fence with twisted branches and sparse vegetation, reflecting an outdoor setting. The style is highly detailed with strong outlines, characteristic of print works in the manner of the Renaissance period. The text above the figures is in German.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 5.1 × 7.3 cm (2 × 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 191, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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. 186, i/ii.

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. 191, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65511993

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