Mucius Scaevola Holding His Hand in the Fire

Sebald Behamc. 1520

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Title: Mucius Scaevola Holding His Hand in the Fire
Creator: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550)
Date Created: c. 1520
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 6.7 x 5.2 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.); Platemark: 6.7 x 5.2 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Provenance: d'Arenberg, Brussels (Lugt 567); Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, The Little Masters of Nuremberg Sale 445, June 6, 2013, lot 626, € 1,300, C H(RISTUS). PROTECTOR MEUS Lower Rhine-Westphalian-Belgian dukes originating in Arenberg (Aremberg) in the county of Adenau/Ahr 40000
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.4
Medium: etching
Inscriptions: Verso, collector's stamp in blue ink: CH PROTECTOR MEUS (letters stamped around inside perimeter of an oval with three medlar blooms in center) Verso, along right edge, in graphite: Ch 1-7-80 N 308; left edge in graphite: TOO S 7; bottom edge, in graphite: P. 85; lower center quadrant, in graphite: 84 encircled
Department: Prints
Culture: Germany, 16th century
Credit Line: Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 2014.4

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