Ensign, Drummer and Piper
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 7/8 x 2 in. (7.3 x 5.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Julie Parsons Redmond Bequest, 1960
Accession Number
60.534.38
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SwordsMenDrumsMusicians
About the Artist
Sebald Beham|Barthel 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...