PrintsGerman16th century

Woman's Head

1542

Artists

Sebald BehamArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

6.3 × 8.5 cm (2 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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