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Sebald Beham  (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt)

Date:
1549
Culture:
German
Medium:
Pen and iron gall ink (laid down)
Dimensions:
6 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 10.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number:
1975.1.857

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: At upper right, dated and monogrammed "1549/ HSB" (HSB intertwined); at lower right, collector's mark of Carl Rolas du Rosey (Lugt 2237). Verso of secondary support, at lower left, inscribed "G.199 Beham" in graphite (20th-century handwriting).

  • Provenance

    Jospeh Grünling, Vienna (?); Hugh Reveley, North Wales(?); Carl Rolas du Rosey, Dresden (Lugt 2237 at the lower right on the recto); Rolas du Rosey sale, part 2, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 5 September 1864, lot 5068; Henry Oppenheimer, London, Oppenheimer sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 14 July 1936, lot 357 (as Sebald Beham; to John Hunt). Acquired by Robert Lehman through Hunt in July 1936.

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