The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns
Sebald Beham|Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1520
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 12 11/16 in. (49.2 x 32.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.18
Tags
ChristHeads
About the Artist
Sebald Beham|Albrecht Dürer · 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...