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Engraving

1543-5 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Beham, Sebald (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Frankfurt-am-Main (drawn)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Hans Sebald Beham. Plate I from a suite of 4 columns. German, 1543-5.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.6cm
  • Cut to width: 5.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: '1543 VITRVVIVS HSB / I'
  • Lettered in the left centre of the plate: QVODILBET HORVM CAPITVM ...... / ..... COLVMAE DORICAE'
  • Signed with the monogram 'HSB' in the lower left of the plate.
Production
Dated 1543
Bibliographic reference
F. W. H. Hollstein German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Gouda: Koch and Knuttel, 1955): vol. 3, p. 156.
Other numbers
  • 258 - Pauli
  • 247 - Le Peintre-Graveur
  • 267 - Aumüller
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
28846

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Record createdMay 18, 2000
Record URL
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