The University of Kansas
Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas Spencer Museum of Art
e-news    |    donate    |    RSS Icon rss  

Print Room

Hans Sebald Beham Germany, 1500-1550
Es Ist Kalt Weter & Das Schadet Nit, circa 1542
("It is cold weather" and "That's of no concern;" or "The Weather Peasants")
45mm x 29mm
engraving

Museum purchase: State funds, 1995.0041

Possibly a satire on the sad and laughing philosophers Heraclitus and Democritus.

Whole Page
Detail of Left Image
Detail of Right Image