Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) - Saint Jerome with the angel / Description: We behold Saint Jerome seated in profile on a large stone block. In adoration, he grasps the hands of an angel who appears to him. Signed with monogram and dated 1521 on tablet at top centre. Sebald Beham was a German painter and famous printmaker, one of the so-called German small masters known for their engravings of a very small scale. Born in Nuremberg, he spent the later part of his career in Frankfurt. He was one of the most important of the "German Small Masters", the group of German artists of the generation after Dürer, making extremely detailed genius prints with very small dimensions. / Dimensions: 11,40 x 7,50 cm / Condition: A fine impression in excellent condition with no folds, tears or stains. / Literature: Pauli 1901-11 / Hans Sebald Beham: Ein Kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche Radirungen und Holzschnitte (67.II)-----Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (67.II)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.140.63) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1521
