Hans Sebald Beham - Virgin & Child with Parrot

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) after Barthel Beham (1502-1540) Virgin and Child with the Parrot  Old Master engraving, 1549  [with the initials monogram and date in the plate upper left, and the title S. Maria upper right] Superb impression Former collection H.E. Ten Cate Former collection Colnaghi, London References: Bartsch 19, Pauli, Hollstein 12. Third state (of three).   The first state is before the 3rd hatching in the shadow near the foot of the Virgin. In the second state this 3rd diagonal hatching is added; in the third state cross hatching in the shadow of the Virgin’s gown above the girdle is added, and the tree branch in the upper right corner is extended. Beham was one of the Northern Renaissance Little Masters, so called because of their eminence in producing small-scale engravings such as the Virgin and Child with a Pear. Beham was born in Nuremberg in 1500, and may have trained under Durer, though his training is no more certain than that of his younger brother Barthel