Peasant Couple Selling Eggs
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 5.3 × 3.9 cm (2 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.); Sheet: 5.4 × 4.1 cm (2 3/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79911
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...