About the Artwork
March and April
1546
Hans Sebald Beham
1500-1550
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid (?) paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 1 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (4.8 × 7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S121
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, upper right edge: [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, upper left edge: HER GREGORIVS MERCZ. Inscribed, upper right: MARCVS APRIL. Inscribed, upper left corner: 2 Inscribed, above left male figure: 3 Inscribed, above right male figure: 4
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1886 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Sebald Beham, March and April, 1546, engraving printed in black ink on laid (?) paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S121.
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