Variety in miniature – Selected Prints by the Beham Brothers. Research Excerpts from the Catalogue: Old Master Prints. From the 15th Century to the 1820s. German School. Barthel Beham and Sebald Beham. Lecture by Małgorzata Łazicka
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The promotion of catalogues assumed the organisation of scientific conference and the presentation of original works in the Print Room of the University of Warsaw Library. Unfortunately, these plans has been modified due to the restrictions on public activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, authors have prepared audiovisual materials; short videos and longer recorded lectures on chosen aspects discussed in their publications. Videos will be presented in a chronological order, starting with the 16th-century Barthel and Sebald Behams’ prints. In the following weeks, drawings by the Netherlandish, Flemish and Dutch Schools’ masters will be presented, then works of Polish draughtsmen active in the 18th and 19th century and finally the architectonical and decorative drawings by Tilman van Gameren.
Listen to the stories about these fascinating works on paper!
Małgorzata Łazicka, Variety in miniature – Selected Prints by the Beham Brothers Research Excerpts from the Catalogue: Old Master Prints. From the 15th Century to the 1820s. German School. Barthel Beham and Sebald Beham.
Barthel and Sebald Beham, the Nurembergian artists, have always been related to Albrecht Dürer and his workshop. The variety of motives of their prints as well as their miniature format, which indicates virtuosity and perfect technical skills, make their works exceptional. Małgorzata Łazicka, the author of the catalogue, presents the wide range of subjects on chosen examples and recalls interpretations of the symbolic compositions of Beham brothers, known also as the “godless painters”.
Published: 27 October 2020