Woman with a Harp

Prints and Drawings

1520/25

Sebald Beham
German, 1500-1550

Who is this female harpist, sitting solemnly in a wooded landscape? Is she a muse? A goddess? Just an ordinary woman? The viewer is left to speculate, as there are not enough clues to know for certain. Hans Sebald Beham, one of the so-called German Little Masters, produced prints such as this one that create a sense of intimacy through their small scale and the proximity of their subjects to the picture plane. This etching is even smaller than many of his prints, obliging viewers to come close to observe the details.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Title: Woman with a Harp
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1520–1530
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 4 × 3.3 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.); Sheet: 4.8 × 4.2 cm (1 15/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Edna Wilhelmine Rose Fund
Reference Number: 1966.28
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