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Hans Sebald Beham

The Little Fool,

Description

Maker

  • Hans Sebald Beham

Title

The Little Fool

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Techniques

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

4.4 x 7.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image on banderole with 'On dir hab ... mich hab beschisen' and 1542; and on spoon: 'HSB'.

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 234.II

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

46.525

About

The Little Fool

Lettered within image on banderole with 'On dir hab ... mich hab beschisen' and 1542; and on spoon: 'HSB'.

Hollstein 234.II

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Little Fool with the accession number of 46.525. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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