Capital and Base of a Column

1543

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of an architectural column capital with detailed ornamentation. The image depicts a column capital with acanthus leaves and classical scrolls, atop a fluted shaft with cracks and missing segments. Fine detailing is present throughout the drawing, showing attention to textures and patterns. The drawing is surrounded by text that appears to be notes or annotations about the design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 255, 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. 258.

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. 255, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64962001

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