The Genius with the Alphabet

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Genius with the Alphabet

Sebald BehamLinkedCulture matchlcp-5723f6604697

Date
1542
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
48390

These rich impressions demonstrate the harder appearance of Sebald Beham's engravings, compared with the softer lines of his brother Barthel's prints. Ornament with Two Genii Riding on Two Chimeras was probably conceived as a pattern sheet, which artisans would have used as a model for carving wood or metal. In the brilliant Genius with the Alphabet, Sebald alludes to the allegorical concept of Genius, a spirit that appears to people through dreams or omens to signal future dangers. Germany, Europe

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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916

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