id:			171632
accession number:	2014.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.4
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:41.043000

Mucius Scaevola Holding His Hand in the Fire, c. 1520. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550). Etching; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2014.4

title:				Mucius Scaevola Holding His Hand in the Fire
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creation date:			c. 1520
creation date earliest:		1515
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Pauli 85

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CREATORS

* Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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	inscription:	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
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PROVENANCE

	d'Arenberg, Brussels (Lugt 567); Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, The Little Masters of Nuremberg Sale 445, June 6, 2013, lot 626, € 1,300
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	C H(RISTUS). PROTECTOR MEUS Lower Rhine-Westphalian-Belgian dukes originating in Arenberg (Aremberg) in the county of Adenau/Ahr 40000
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