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Beham, Hans Sebald

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an eminent German engraver, was born at Nuremberg in 1500, and was instructed by his younger brother Bartel. He engraved on wood and copper. The following are some of his prints: Adam and Eve in Paradise; The Death of Dido; A Woman Sitting on a Lion; The Virgin Holding the Infant Jesus in her Arms,; with a Parrot and an Apple. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts,. s.v.