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Plate 4: Saint John with his head turned three-quarters to the left, with a book in his right hand and an eagle at his feet, from 'The four evangelists'
1541
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Engraving; Fifth of five states
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (4.3 x 2.9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.774.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Sebald Beham. Plate 4: Saint John with his head turned three-quarters to the left, with a book in his right hand and an eagle at his feet, from 'The four evangelists'. Sebald Beham; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Plate 4: Saint John with his head turned three-quarters to the left, with a book in his right hand and an eagle at his feet, from 'The four evangelists' — Sebald Beham. 1541.
Medium: Engraving; Fifth of five states. Dimensions: Sheet: 1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (4.3 x 2.9 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.