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Print

1544 (Printed), 1543 (made)
Artist/Maker
Beham, Sebald (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

An engraving depicting, on the left, a drummer and on the right a standard bearer.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Hans Sebald Beham, standard bearer and drummer, engraving, German, 1544
Physical description
An engraving depicting, on the left, a drummer and on the right a standard bearer.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.2cm
  • Cut to width: 4.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper left of the plate: 'ACKER CONCZ' Lettered at the top of the plate: 'KLOS WVCZER' Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'iM BAVEREN KRiEG'
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'KLOS WVCZER.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: IM BAVEREN KRIEG / 1525'
  • Dated '1544' and signed with the monogram 'HSB' on a tablet in the lower right of the plate.
Subjects depicted
Drummer
Standard Bearer
Bibliographic references
  • F. W. H. Hollstein German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Gouda: Koch and Knuttel, 1955): vol. 3, p. 114.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.287-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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