Chancellor Leonhard von Eck (1480–1550)
Barthel Beham
1527
Medium
Oil on spruce
Dimensions
22 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (56.2 x 37.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1912
Accession Number
12.194
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Barthel Beham · 1502–1540
Barthel Beham (1502–1540), a pivotal figure in the German Renaissance, was born in Nuremberg into a family of artists. The younger brother of the renowned engraver Hans Sebald Beham, he honed his craft under the tutelage of his elder sibling and the master Albrecht Dürer, absorbing the precise techniques of engraving and painting that defined Nuremberg's vibrant artistic scene. Emerging as a prodi...