Sebald Beham

'', undated but with the early monogram 'HSP' Beham was born in Nuremberg. Nothing is known of his parents. His brother Bartel Beham, two years his junior, was also an artist. He is known to have married twice. A pair of models for medals, designed by Matthes Gebel and dating from 1540, shows Beham and his wife Anna. In 1549, by then a widower, Beham married Elizabeth Wolf, the daughter of a shoemaker from Büdingen. ==Other work==

and the Standing Nude'', 1547, 75 × 48 mm Beham is best known as a prolific printmaker, but also painted, designed stained glass, and wrote two successful illustrated books, manuals for artists. Paintings He is known to have designed stained glass in Nuremberg. His only known panel painting, however, is a tabletop painted with scenes from the life of King David, now in the Louvre. This was done following his move to Frankfurt, for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg. He also painted miniatures for a prayer-book for Albrecht, now in the collection of the Hofbibliothek, Aschaffenburg. was an artists' manual, which he later followed with one on the human figure. These publications were simplified borrowings of Dürer's works on the subjects, but rather easier to use (and cheaper), and thus had a long-lasting success. ==Gallery==

File:Prodigal Son 3.jpg|One of a set on the Prodigal Son, 1538 File:A Mask on an Escutcheon Supported by Two Genii MET DP828921.jpg|A Mask on an Escutcheon Supported by Two Genii, 1544 File:Sebald Beham Joseph und Potiphars Weib 1544.jpg|''Joseph and Potiphar's Wife'', 1544, 81 × 56 mm File:Sebald Beham - Januar und Februar (Washington).jpg|Peasant couples representing the months, from a set, 1545 File:Hercules slaying the Hydra.jpg|Hercules and Iolaus slaying the Hydra, 1545 File:Die Nacht - Night.jpg|Night, 1548 File:Houghton Typ 520.57.201 - Beham, b III verso.jpg|Illustration from Das Kunst vnd Lere Büchlin, 1567 File:The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple.jpg|The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple. The Met. File:Sebald Beham, The Marriage at Cana, NGA 4389.jpg|The Marriage at Cana == See also ==