Goblet with Round Medallions (B. 240; P., Holl. 249)
Details
Hans Sebald Beham (1502-1540)
Goblet with Round Medallions (B. 240; P., Holl. 249)
engraving, 1530, and others a very good impression with traces of burr, trimmed fractionally inside the platemark, the blank upper corners made up, further minor repairs at the left sheet edge, some surface dirt and staining, paper adhesions and the remains of old tape at the reverse left sheet edge, S. 94 x 44mm.; Methusalah, from the Patriarchs of the Old Testament with their Wives and Children (B. 81, P. 698); and King David playing his Harp, from Biblical Illustrations to Luther's Prayer Book (P. 681), a proof without text, possibly before the edition of 1527, woodcuts; The Martydom of Saint Barbara, by The Master MZ (B. 9; Lehrs VIII 7), engraving; The Disrobing of Christ, from The Passion (B. 34-13); and The Man of Sorrows (B. 41), both by H. Schäufelein, woodcuts; and Title Page with an Archway, from the Little Book of Architectural Ruins, by V. Solis (B. 352a), engraving (7)
Goblet with Round Medallions (B. 240; P., Holl. 249)
engraving, 1530, and others a very good impression with traces of burr, trimmed fractionally inside the platemark, the blank upper corners made up, further minor repairs at the left sheet edge, some surface dirt and staining, paper adhesions and the remains of old tape at the reverse left sheet edge, S. 94 x 44mm.; Methusalah, from the Patriarchs of the Old Testament with their Wives and Children (B. 81, P. 698); and King David playing his Harp, from Biblical Illustrations to Luther's Prayer Book (P. 681), a proof without text, possibly before the edition of 1527, woodcuts; The Martydom of Saint Barbara, by The Master MZ (B. 9; Lehrs VIII 7), engraving; The Disrobing of Christ, from The Passion (B. 34-13); and The Man of Sorrows (B. 41), both by H. Schäufelein, woodcuts; and Title Page with an Archway, from the Little Book of Architectural Ruins, by V. Solis (B. 352a), engraving (7)
Provenance
P. 249, D.G. de Arozarena (L. 109)
Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (L. 2669)
P. 249, 681, 698, Sotheby's, 26 April 1979, lots 96, 6 and 1 respectively from 'A Collection of Woodcuts, Etchings and Engravings by Hans Sebald Beham'
The Master MZ (B. 9), Fürst zu Fürstenberg (L. 2811)
Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (L. 2669)
P. 249, 681, 698, Sotheby's, 26 April 1979, lots 96, 6 and 1 respectively from 'A Collection of Woodcuts, Etchings and Engravings by Hans Sebald Beham'
The Master MZ (B. 9), Fürst zu Fürstenberg (L. 2811)