The Virgin and Child with the Parrot
Medium
Engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (7.9 × 5.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.1.2
Tags
FruitParrotsTreesMadonna and Child
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...