# Trajan, in 16th-century Germany

Sebald Beham made this in 1546, aged 46. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The Roman emperor Trajan appears in profile, crowned with laurel, within a circular wreath and inscribed with his imperial titles in Latin, as if on an ancient coin or medal.

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## The work

- Date: 1546
- Medium: engraving
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.3.1044
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Sebald Beham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sebald-beham), German, 1500–1550

Sebald Beham trained in Nuremberg in the orbit of Dürer and was one of the “Little Masters”, engravers known for tiny, finely worked plates of biblical, mythological and peasant subjects.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Sebald Beham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/sebald-beham?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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