G8908: Man’s Head and Woman’s Head

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G8908

People

Sebald Beham, German (Nuremberg 1500 - 1550 Frankfurt am Main)

Title

Man’s Head and Woman’s Head

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1542

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/276992

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engravings from two plates

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 12.3 x 8.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
frame: 49.8 x 39.7 cm (19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
platemark top: 5 x 7.9 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
platemark bottom: 5.2 x 7.8 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in design, in boxes: [top] EINES MANNES HAVPT. [bottom] EINES WEIBES HAVPT
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: D'Arenberg (Lugt 567)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

d'Arenberg (Lugt 567).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/i

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein p.130-131; Bartsch 219-220

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G8908

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 55 p.240-241, repr

Exhibition History

• Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012

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