Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) - Testa di Cristo Coronata di Spine

Original wood engraving by Hans Sebald Beham, previously attributed to Albrecht Dürer - “Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns,” circa 1520. Hollstein 829 and Pauli 829 IIa; Bartsch 26 (Dürer). Dimensions 42.8 x 32.7 cm. This is an original print, not a copy; to the touch you can feel the groove left by the impression of the woodcut on the paper; on the verso of the sheet the raised mark is visible. Excellent impression in a late edition (probably 19th century) on laid paper, in excellent condition after the restoration of two small tears near the lower left corner. Monogram of Dürer beneath the missing subject. Bibliographic references: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (829) Pauli 1901-11 / Hans Sebald Beham: A Critical Catalogue of His Copper Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts (829.II.a) Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.458.101b) Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.182.26) Bartrum 1995 / German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550 (89)

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