Copy of July and August from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months
Sebald Beham
after 1547
Medium
Engraving; copy after first state of three (Pauli)
Dimensions
sheet: 1 15/16 x 2 13/16 in. (5 x 7.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession Number
62.635.89
Tags
SwordsMenWomenDancing
About the Artist
Sebald Beham · 1500–1550
Sebald Beham (1500–1550), a pioneering German printmaker and painter born in Nuremberg, emerged as one of the most prolific artists of the Northern Renaissance. The elder brother of fellow artist Barthel Beham, he grew up in a milieu steeped in artistic tradition, though details of his early training remain sparsely documented. Recorded as a journeyman painter (Malergeselle) by 1521 and a master w...