Ornamental Frieze with Two Battling Tritons

Provenance

Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von Lepell (1755–1826), Germany [his stamp (Lugt 1672), verso, lower center, in black]. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin [stamps (Lugt 1606), verso, lower center, in black and (Lugt 2482), verso, lower center, in brown]. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., by 1976 [stock number (C.38290LL ) inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite and London 1976]. Sold by C. G. Boerner, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

Ornamental Frieze with Two Battling Tritons

Hans Sebald Beham

1520/25

Accession Number

267436

Medium

Woodcut in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 46 × 22.5 cm (18 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund