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In the image is an ornate coat of arms with a bird perched on top and flanked by intricate foliage patterns. The color palette includes shades of black, white, and gray. An hourglass is in the upper left corner and a round clock face in the upper right corner. A skull is at the bottom left of the coat of arms. The main elements are enclosed within a square frame, with inscriptions along the sides and bottom.
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In the image is an ornate coat of arms with a bird perched on top and flanked by intricate foliage patterns. The color palette includes shades of black, white, and gray. An hourglass is in the upper left corner and a round clock face in the upper right corner. A skull is at the bottom left of the coat of arms. The main elements are enclosed within a square frame, with inscriptions along the sides and bottom.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bookplate of Hieronymus Baumgartner

Barthel Beham

Date
c. 1530
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.7 × 7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet: 10.6 × 8.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1948.11.19
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • bird
  • animal
  • Skull
  • Shield
  • Writing
  • Frame
Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966], Vienna (Lugt 2770) [1]; (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1948; gift to NGA, 1948. [1] This print is inventory no. 838 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).

Inscription

at left, in margin outside of image, in plate: stat sua cuiq[ue] dies, breve & irreparabile tempus. [Baumgartner's latin motto]; at top, in margin outside of image, in plate: [hebrew text of Baumgartner's motto]; at right, in margin outside of image, in plate: [greek text of Baumgartner's motto]; at bottom, in margin outside of image, in plate: HIERONYMVS BAVMGARTNER SSQ

NGA object ID 34661. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.