The Sentinel at the Powder Keg [Die Schildwache bei den Puluerfässern] / Hans Sebald Beham

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Accession Number: 2013/2.554
Title: The Sentinel at the Powder Keg [Die Schildwache bei den Puluerfässern]
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: 1500-1550
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
Credit Line: Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Inscription: recto ur monogram in print: HSB; verso oval stamp in blue ink: D.H. PROTECTORMEUS; verso lc inscribed in pencil: 65.197.2 Jilot
Dimensions: 4.4 x 3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Century: 16th century
Physical Description: Three men standing next to wooden barrels, town scene with a steeple behind. One man has a rifle over his shoulder, hand on hip. The other has a foot against one of the barrels.
Primary Keywords: barrels (containers); fires; men; security guards; soldiers
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; events; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in military occupations; people in security and protection occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1761 x 2641
File Size: 398 KB
Record: 2013/2.554
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.554/2013_2.554.jpg

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Full citation: "The Sentinel at the Powder Keg [Die Schildwache bei den Puluerfässern]; Hans Sebald Beham." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.554/2013_2.554.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.