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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.243
People
Sebald Beham, German (Nuremberg 1500 - 1550 Frankfurt am Main)
After Barthel Beham, German (Nuremberg 1502 - 1540)
Title
Adam and Eve
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1543
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370216

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 8.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, top: 6 [partially covered by old mount]
  • inscription: verso, top, graphite: Belle ep du 1er etat
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, black stamp: oval with three stars, surrounded by CH. PROTECTOR MEUS (Lugt 567, mark of Arenberg family)
  • inscription: verso, right: 6 [?] e
  • inscription: upper left, in place: 1543 / HSB
  • inscription: verso, left, graphite: 28

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arenberg family (Lugt 567). [R. M. Light & Co, Inc., Boston, New York, and Scottsdale], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/v
Standard Reference Number
Pauli 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.243
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gustave Pauli, Hans Sebald Beham: Ein kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Radirungen und Holzschnitte, Heitz & Mündel (Strasburg, 1901), p. 23

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2022 - 02/02/2023

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