Misfortune
Hans Sebald Beham
c. 1541
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed unevenly to platemark: 7.7 × 5 cm (3 1/16 × 2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27978
About the Artist
Hans Sebald Beham · 1500–1550
Sebald Beham (1500-1550), often called Hans Sebald Beham, was a German painter and printmaker born in Nuremberg. He stands as the most important figure among the Kleinmeister (Little Masters), a group of German artists who created remarkably detailed prints on a diminutive scale in the generation following Albrecht Dürer. Beham's significance lies in his technical virtuosity and unprecedented pro...