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Barthel Beham

100 works

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Engraved bookplate with coat of arms, bird, hourglass, clock and skull, inscribed Hieronymus Baumgärtner.

Bookplate of Hieronymous Baumgärtner

1522/40

Engraving of a seated woman in an ornate headdress holding a nude infant who embraces her, with a curtain behind.

The Virgin with Child and Vase

n.d.

Engraved ornament with a bearded male half-length between two nude putti, flanked by scrolls, foliage and winged creatures.

Ornament with a Male Half-Length Between Two Genii

n.d.

Engraving of a nude miser holding a purse beside a seated nude woman and a newborn infant, with a biblical inscription above.

The Miser and the Miscarriage

1528/30

Engraved frieze of nude warriors fighting, with archers, shields and a group abducting a woman at right.

The Abduction of Helen

n.d.

Engraving of eighteen nude men fighting in a battle frieze, with shields, spears and fallen warriors across the lower edge.

Battle of Eighteen Nude Men

c. 1520

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child by a window with a castle view, a chair and table in the room.

Virgin and Child by the Window

n.d.

Engraving of a woman nursing a sleeping infant beside a skull, with a town and hills visible through a window behind them.

The Virgin and Child with the Skull (copy)

16th century

Engraving of St. Christopher, a bearded giant carrying a child over water, with a castle and trees in the background.

St. Christopher

early 16th century

Engraving of nude Apollo and Daphne, with Daphne turning into a laurel tree beside him.

Apollo and Daphne (reverse copy)

n.d.

Circular engraving of three nude women before a seated bearded man, with a helmeted figure holding a caduceus behind him.

Judgment of Paris (copy)

16th century

Engraving of a bearded man chained at the ankle, nursing from a nude woman who leans over him beside a wall.

Cimon and Pero

mid-17th century

Engraved frieze of nude warriors fighting a battle beneath trees, with fallen figures, spears, shields and a raised banner.

Battle for the Banner (copy)

early 16th century

Etching of three skulls piled together with bones below, a draped cloth above and a column at upper left.

Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy)

early 16th century

Engraving of a chained nude woman asleep beside a child and a sheep, with a fortified town in the background.

Der Welt Lauf (Sleeping Justice) (copy)

early 16th century

Engraving of a peasant couple dancing, the man in a feathered cap and the woman with braided hair, on a hatched background.

Peasant Couple Dancing

early 16th century

Engraving of a footsoldier seen from behind with a plumed hat, sword and pike, in front of a bare tree, dated 1520.

Footsoldier in front of a Tree

mid-17th century

Engraving of a putto stepping right among looping banderoles and scrollwork, with fine parallel hatching.

Boy Stepping to the Right over Banderoles

mid-17th century

Engraved horizontal panel with two tritons with leafy tails playing horns, flanking scrolls, rosettes and a central mask.

Horizontal Panel with Two Tritons with Foliate Tails Playing Horns

early 16th century

Vertical engraved ornament panel with stacked urn forms and scrolling foliage supported by two half-length female figures.

Vertical Panel with a Candelabrum Supported by Two Half-Length Female Figures

1520-40

Engraving of a standard bearer in ornate costume raising one hand, holding a large flag, with a town in the background.

Standard Bearer with Raised Left Hand

early 16th century

Engraving of a mounted standard bearer with a flag beside a foot soldier, with a small landscape and the date 1521.

Riding Standard Bearer and a Foot Soldier

early 16th century

Engraving of a seated nude woman with a sword, looking down at a severed head beside her, with a village landscape behind.

Judith, seated nude with a sword in her right hand, gazing down at the head of Holofernes in her left hand

1523

Engraving of nude Judith seated on Holofernes' body, holding a sword and the severed head, with grasses behind her, dated 152

Judith, looking towards the right, seated nude atop the dead body of Holofernes, with a sword in her right hand and t…

1525

Judith, half-length and in profile to the left, a sword in her right hand and the head of Holofernes in her left hand…

Engraving of a seated nude woman on armor with a helmet, holding up a round mirror and looking over her shoulder.

Naked Woman on an Armor (Prudentia?)

c. 1525/1527

Engraving of a winged putto holding a globe above clouds and a village of farmhouses and trees, dated 1520.

A genius on a globe flying above a landscape

1520

Judith

ca. 1526

Engraving of nude Daphne reaching into a laurel tree as Apollo reaches toward her, with a label reading APOLLO DAPHNE.

Apoll und Daphne

Engraving of a sleeping nude woman on cushions, with a winged skeleton holding an hourglass beside her.

Das ruhende Weib und der Tod

1529

Engraving of an ornate urn held up by three nude putti, framed by acanthus scrolls and foliage.

Hochfüllung. Drei ungeflügelte Genien tragen einen Aufsatz

Tapering vertical ornamental panel of scrolling leafy vines and rosettes, rendered in fine engraved hatching.

Hochfüllung ganz aus Blattranken bestehend