The Rain of Manna from Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalt, plate five from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
1551, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut in black on tan laid paper
Dimensions
Image, recto: 5.3 × 7.1 cm (2 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.); Image/text, recto: 8.5 × 7.2 cm (3 3/8 × 2 7/8 in.); Image, verso: 6.2 × 7 cm (2 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.); Image/text, verso: 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 14.3 × 9.9 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
132150
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...