Hans Sebald Beham 1500 Nürnberg – Frankfurt/Main 1550 Genius with Alphabet

Engraving on laid paper. (1544). 6.1 x 4.6 cm (sheet).

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

Details

Bartsch VIII, 146, Nr. 75; Pauli 79 I (von II); Hollstein 78 I (von II).

Provenienz:
Sammlung d’Arenberg, Brüssel, verso mit dem Stempel (Lugt 567).

Description

A very fine early impression, before the diagonals on the cimon’s breast. With a small margin around the clearly marked platemark. – Verso with remnants and traces of earlier mounting, otherwise a fine copy.