The Holy Family Under a Canopy

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows two figures, an adult and a child, seated closely together. The adult is in a seated pose with the child on their lap. The adult has an oval face, gentle eyes, straight nose, wavy hair, and wears flowing robes. The child has soft curls and a round face, and is interacting with the adult. Both figures are surrounded by drapery and textile patterns, with a textured surface in the background suggesting a cloth canopy or curtain with tassels on the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elsie F. Alsberg

  • Accession Number

    1977.52.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 333, State only

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. 890.

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. 333.

Wikidata ID

Q65577252

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