| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Hans Sebald Beham |
| Published | [c. 1530-1550] |
| Dimensions | Image and Plate 88 x 54 mm, Sheet 91 x 59 mm |
| Notes |
A personification of Logica, otherwise known as Dialectica or Dialectics, one of the seven liberal arts idealised in humanist education, depicted here as a winged woman wearing a laurel wreath, holding a scroll in one hand and scales in the other. Artist's monogram to lower right "HSB" and numbered "2" to bottom right corner. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) was a German engraver and the most prolific of the Kleinmeisters ("Little Masters"), so called because they mainly produced small prints. He worked together with his brother, Barthel Beham, and Georg Pencz, and all were heavily influenced by the work of their contemporary, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), and might even have worked in his atelier. Beham produced a variety of allegorical, mythological, biblical and genre scenes and was active in Nürnberg and Frankfurt am Main. Pauli, 124; Hollstein German, Sebald Beham, 124; Bartsch, 122. Condition: Good impression. Trimmed close to plate mark. Various inscriptions on verso in pencil in different hands. Pin hole to left margin. Old hinging tape on verso. |
| Framing | framed |
| Price | £750.00 |
| Stock ID | 46014 |