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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8908
People
Hans 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
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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

Verification Level

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