BARTHEL BEHAM Madonna and Child with the Skull
BARTHEL BEHAM
Madonna and Child with the Skull
Engraving, circa 1528-1530. 46x68 mm; 1⅞x2¾ inches. Trimmed on the platemark. A very good impression.
Though given a religious title by Bartsch and other cataloguers, this engraving by Beham (1502-1540) is a memento mori image, showing a mother attempting to nurse a dead child, as evidenced by the skull and hourglass on the window sill. Bartsch 5; Pauli 6.
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BARTHEL BEHAM
Madonna and Child with the Skull
Engraving, circa 1528-1530. 46x68 mm; 1⅞x2¾ inches. Trimmed on the platemark. A very good impression.
Though given a religious title by Bartsch and other cataloguers, this engraving by Beham (1502-1540) is a memento mori image, showing a mother attempting to nurse a dead child, as evidenced by the skull and hourglass on the window sill. Bartsch 5; Pauli 6.
