Mother and Child with Skull and Hourglass
Barthel Beham, German, 1502 - 1540
19th century copy after 1528 original
Engraving on laid paper
Restrike
Plate: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 18 13/16 in. (36.3 × 47.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helen Farr Sloan
PR.952.100
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, in ink, lower left: 36; embossed, lower right: REICHDRUCK; stamped, on verso: Facsimile Reproduction der Reichsdruckerei Berlin
Course History
ANTH 64, The Evolution of Pregnancy, Zaneta Thayer, Spring 2019
Provenance
Helen Farr Sloan (1911-2005), date unknown; given to present collection, 1952.
Catalogue Raisonne
Pauli, Hollstein 6; Bartsch 5
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