Bride Box

Art Historical Context

**Gierigaard en met een miskra** is a poignant engraving by Barthel Be, a leading figure among the German "Little Masters" of the Renaissance. Created between 1512 and 1540, this intimate work measures just 79 mm high by 51 mm wide—perfectly suited to the era's portable prints, which allowed moral tales and everyday dramas to reach a wide audience beyond elite collectors. Beham, active primarily in Nuremberg, excelled in these small-scale engravings, using fine lines and meticulous detail to capture human emotion and narrative depth. The title, translating roughly to "The Miser and Woman with...