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Sebald Beham

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Engraving of Hercules holding a club and lion skin as a servant offers him a cloth before classical columns.

Lichas Presenting Hercules with the Poisoned Tunic

Woodcut-style print of a couple seated in a garden among trees and a fence, the woman wearing a large headdress.

Couple of Lovers in a Garden

1522

Engraving of Hercules standing beside a burning pyre with a figure in flames, smoke above, and a city in the distance.

The Death of Hercules

1548

Engraving of a winged putto standing on a sphere, holding a heraldic shield, with a crowned helmet beside him.

Female Genius Holding a Coat of Arms

1535

Engraving of a nude winged putto holding a shield and helmet, with a sphere at his feet.

Male Genius Holding a Coat of Arms

1535

Engraving of a winged putto pushing through curling ribbon banners carrying the alphabet, 1542, by Sebald Beham.

Genius with the Alphabet

1542

Engraving of a jester with a bauble staff surrounded by curling banners with German inscriptions, dated 1542.

The Little Buffoon

1542

Black and white print of an ornamental frieze with two tritons and scrolling sea creatures around a central motif.

Ornamental Frieze with Two Battling Tritons

1520/25

Engraving of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a crescent, surrounded by radiating lines and a halo, dated 1520.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

1520

Engraving of two winged sea figures blowing horns beside a central urn, framed by scrolling acanthus ornament.

Ornament with Two Tritons, from Four Vignettes

c. 1544

Small engraved ornament print with a nude figure between two storks in a scrolled architectural frame, on cream paper.

Ornamentprent met naakte figuur en twee ooievaars

1510

Engraving of a reclining nude figure and a kneeling figure beside rocks, with castle ruins and hills in the distant landscape

Penance of St. John Chrysostomus

n.d.

Black and white print of a crowded village fair with church, castle, feasting, dancing, jousting horsemen and a maypole.

The Large Village Fair

1535

Engraving of a fool in a bell cap and a foolish woman with ear-like hood talking on a bench by a fence.

The Fool and the Foolish Woman

n.d.

Engraving of Hercules on a rearing horse with a warrior, horses, and fallen nude figures in a battle scene.

Hercules and Iole, from The Labors of Hercules

1544

Engraving of two seated couples under a tree with a jester in a feathered cap leaning between them.

Two Couples and the Buffoon

1535

Engraving of a winged woman in robes with a crab and a grinning demon beside her under falling rays of light.

Misfortune

c. 1541

Engraving of a grotesque mask in a cartouche flanked by two winged putti holding foliage and ribbons, dated 1544.

Ornament with a Mask Held by Two Genii

1544

Engraving of a peasant man in a fur hat beside a broken wooden fence, with a scroll reading DAS SCHADET NIT above him.

The Weather-Peasant "Das Schadet Nit"

c. 1542

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords and sticks beside a fence and vine trellis, with a banner inscription above.

Peasants' Brawl, plate 9 from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

1547

Engraving of a garden banquet with a couple embracing, a round table of food and drink, and a fence and tree behind.

The Prodigal Son Wasting his Fortune, plate two from The History of the Prodigal Son

1540

Engraving of winged St. John with halo, holding an open book beside an eagle, with stacked books at right.

St. John, from The Four Evangelists

1541

Engraving of Saint Luke with wings and halo holding books, with an ox beside him and a small building behind.

St. Luke, from The Four Evangelists

1541

Engraving of St. Mark with a halo, holding an open book, with a winged lion crouched at his feet.

St. Mark, from The Four Evangelists

1541

Engraving of St. Matthew with wings and halo holding a book, with a small winged angel kneeling beside him.

St. Matthew, from The Four Evangelists

1541

Engraving of a musket-carrying guard beside barrels and cannonballs, with two men talking and a town skyline behind.

The Guard Near the Powder Casks

n.d.

Engraved print of the Virgin seated on a bank holding the Christ child beside a fence and trees, with a monogram at top.

The Virgin with the Pear and Child on the Bank

1521

Engraved ornamental panel with a bearded grotesque mask framed by a laurel wreath and acanthus scrolls.

Panel with a Mascaron (ornament with a mask)

1543

Panoramic print of a city skyline with a military procession, cannons firing, tents, and soldiers across open fields.

Entry of Charles V into Munich, June 10, 1530

16th century

Engraving of Saint Matthias with a halo, holding an axe and book, standing barefoot beside a stone block.

St. Matthias, plate 12 from The Twelve Apostles

1545

Engraving of St. Simon, a bearded apostle with a saw and staff, in a cloak before a wooden fence, dated 1545.

St. Simon, plate 11 from The Twelve Apostles

1545

Engraving of St. James the Less seen from behind, holding an open book, with a halo, staff, and plants in the background.

St. James Minor, plate 3 from The Twelve Apostles

1545