Pacientia (Patience)

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Pacientia (Patience)

1540

Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

In addition to classical and religious subjects, Beham also devised complex moralizing allegories on themes such as patience and the impossible. Embracing the lamb, her traditional attribute, Pacientia (Patience) (at left) triumphs over a wart-covered demon. Beham shows his pride in this particular invention by signing his full name in Latin above his monogram on the tablet at lower left and identifying himself as a Nuremberg townsman (Noricus).

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Object Details

Title:

Pacientia (Patience)

Date:

1540

Artist:

Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Sheet (cut within platemark): 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (10.5 × 7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Charles M. Lea Collection, 1928

Accession Number:

1928-42-79

Geography:

Made in Germany, Europe

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