Sebald Beham
German, 1500-1550
Coat of Arms of Sebald Beham
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Sebald Beham
German, 1500-15501544
Coat of Arms of Sebald Beham
Sebald Beham German, 1500-1550 →engravingprint
Date
1544
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed to image: 6.9 × 5.9 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer
Originally from Nuremberg, Beham produced numerous small-scale engravings, including the two heraldic subjects seen here (1919.2290 and .2291). He transcribed these circular images onto dark hexagons, with his signature and the date below. Beham made both in 1544, long after he settled in Frankfurt, having been driven from his hometown for religious reasons. Nonetheless, he specified his origins as well as his adopted home in the text around the rim of the coat of arms at right.
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