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Barthel Beham
The Penance of Saint John Chrysostomcirca 1541-45

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a nude figure reclining with back to viewer in a hilly landscape, with a second crouching figure and a distant castle rendered in fine crosshatched lines

Barthel Beham, Hans Sebald Beham, The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom, circa 1541-45, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Arnold H. Luyken, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Barthel Beham
Artist or Maker
Hans Sebald Beham
Title
The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1541-45
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (5.72 × 7.94 cm) Image: 2 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (5.72 × 7.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Arnold H. Luyken
Accession Number
M.67.29
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.