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Print

early 16th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Beham, Barthel (engraver)
Place of origin
Germany (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders facing half left.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, engraving by Barthel Beham, early 16th century, first state
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders facing half left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
German School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BB' (Signed with monogram)
  • 'Proximus A Summo Ferdinandus Caesare Carlo Rex Romanorum Six Tulit Ora Genas Aet. suae XXIX Ann. M.D.XXXI.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Emperor
King
Ferdinand I
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954.
  • Singer, Hans Wolfgang. Allgemeiner Bildinskatalog. Leipzig: K.W. Hiersemann, 14 v.
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre Graveur. Vienna: J. A. Barth, 1808-21.
Other numbers
  • 91 - Pauli
  • G. 91 - Hollstein
  • 61 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.126-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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