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Hans Sebald Beham

Genius with the Alphabet, 1542

Description

Maker

  • Hans Sebald Beham, 1500-1550, German

Title

Genius with the Alphabet

Year

1542

Medium

Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 4.5 x 7.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image on banderole with letters of the alphabet and 'HSB'.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mr. Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

46.524

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 2

Loreum Ipsum
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Genius with the Alphabet with the accession number of 46.524. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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