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Engraved ornament with a bearded grimacing mask at center, flanked by curling leaves and scrolls, in black lines on pale paper.

Ornament with a Mask

A bearded, grimacing mask sits at the center of a symmetrical ornament framed by curling acanthus leaves and scrolling foliage. A laurel-like wreath crowns the head, and the engraving is worked in fine black lines on a pale ground.

Artist
Hans Sebald Beham
Date
1543
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1158 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1543).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer

Español: Ornamento con máscara

Una máscara barbada y con gesto de mueca ocupa el centro de un ornamento simétrico, enmarcado por hojas de acanto enroscadas y follaje en volutas. Una corona de hojas de laurel cubre la cabeza, grabada con finas líneas negras sobre un fondo claro.

Português: Ornamento com máscara

Uma máscara barbada, de expressão contorcida, ocupa o centro de um ornamento simétrico emoldurado por folhas de acanto enroladas e folhagem em volutas. Uma coroa semelhante a louro cobre a cabeça, gravada em linhas pretas finas sobre fundo claro.