Vaandeldrager
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
72; 51
About this artwork
height 72 mm x width 51 mm
Art Historical Context
**Vaandeldrager (Standard Bearer)** *Hans Sebald Beham, 1526, Engraving, 72 × 51 mm* Step into the intricate world of Renaissance printmaking with Hans Sebaldham's *Vaandeldrager*, a petite yet powerful engraving from 1526. Beham, a Nuremberg artist and one of the celebrated "Little Masters," specialized in small-scale works that packed monumental detail into tiny formats. This piece, measuring just 72 mm high by 51 mm wide, his mastery of the engraving technique—where a sharp burin carves fine lines into a copper plate, allowing ink to cling to the grooves for richly textured impressions. ...
About the Artist
Hans Sebald Beham · 1500–1550
Sebald Beham (1500-1550), often called Hans Sebald Beham, was a German painter and printmaker born in Nuremberg. He stands as the most important figure among the Kleinmeister (Little Masters), a group of German artists who created remarkably detailed prints on a diminutive scale in the generation following Albrecht Dürer. Beham's significance lies in his technical virtuosity and unprecedented pro...