The Virgin at the Window
1502–40
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 11/16 in. × 6 in. (19.6 × 15.2 cm) Plate: 4 x 3 3/8in. (10.1 x 8.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1992
Accession Number
1992.1055.3
Tags
About the Artist
Barthel Beham · 1502–1540
Barthel Beham (1502–1540), a pivotal figure in the German Renaissance, was born in Nuremberg into a family of artists. The younger brother of the renowned engraver Hans Sebald Beham, he honed his craft under the tutelage of his elder sibling and the master Albrecht Dürer, absorbing the precise techniques of engraving and painting that defined Nuremberg's vibrant artistic scene. Emerging as a prodi...