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Plate 1: Saint Matthew with his head turned in profile to the left, a cherub at bottom left, from 'The four evangelists'

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Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt)

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The Evangelist St. Matthew is one of the four authors of the Gospels in the New Testament often depicted in Christian art with his symbol, the angel. St. Matthew is typically depicted as a bearded man, writing or holding a book, with an angel nearby. The angel symbolizes the divine inspiration that guided St. Matthew as he wrote his Gospel.

Sebald Beham (1500–1550) was a German painter and printmaker, especially noted for his engravings. Born in Nuremberg, he spent the later part of his career in Frankfurt. He was one of the most important of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making prints in the generation after Dürer.

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sebald beham engraving prints plate saint matthew saint matthew head profile cherub bottom evangelists and four evangelists and germany 16th century high resolution german religious art angel metropolitan museum of art medieval art nuremberg nurnberg
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1541
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Sebald Beham

A German painter and printmaker from the group of German artists in the generation after Dürer.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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sebald beham engraving prints plate saint matthew saint matthew head profile cherub bottom evangelists and four evangelists and germany 16th century high resolution german religious art angel metropolitan museum of art medieval art nuremberg nurnberg