Virgin on the Crescent, 1520

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 inches (8.3 × 5.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

35.35

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left: 1520 | [artist's monogram]

Stamps, verso: British Museum Duplicate (Lugt 303 and 305) Stamp, verso: P. J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)

Inscribed, in pencil, upper edge, verso: 17 Inscribed, lower edge: 40

British Museum (London, England)

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

Hans Sebald Beham, Virgin on the Crescent, 1520, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 35.35.