Ornament with a Couple of Tritons Blowing Horns

1544

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of two winged creatures playing musical instruments. Each figure has animalistic legs and is seated next to an ornate vase. They are blowing into curved horn-like instruments. The background is filled with intricate scrollwork and floral motifs, complementing the overall decorative style of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3135

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 228, State ii/ii

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. 229, ii/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. 228, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961986

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