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Sebald Beham

Frieze with a Horned Male Figure at Center with Two Tendrils Held at Either End by Winged Female Figures

1500–1550
Engraving
1.6 × 13.3 cm (0.6 × 5.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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