Triumphal Procession of the Noble Glorious Women, 1549

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 7/8 × 5 1/4 inches (2.2 × 13.3 cm) Sheet: 1 1/8 × 5 3/8 inches (2.9 × 13.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

35.34

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left edge: 15 [artist's monogram] 49

Stamp, in brown, verso: A. Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773) Stamp, in blue, verso: (Lugt 1659) Stamp in brown, verso: P. J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)

Inscribed, in plate, in three separate banners, across upper edge: TRIVMPF. DER EDELEN SICHAFTEN WEIBER Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [various notations]

A. Freiherr von Lanna (Prague)

Paul J. Sachs (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). 1935-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hans Sebald Beham, Triumphal Procession of the Noble Glorious Women, 1549, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 35.34.