Genius on a Globe Floating in the Air

Provenance

Richard von Passavant-Gontard [1852-1923], Frankfurt; (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929, no. 84); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Genius on a Globe Floating in the Air

Beham, Barthel

1520

Accession Number

1943.3.887

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate): 5.9 × 3.7 cm (2 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection