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Domenico Beccafumi

Italian, 1484–1551

WA-00096743

Siena, Italy

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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 10d ago

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Artworks (18)

Saint Peter

1542 · chiaroscuro woodcut printed in four shades of brown

Sheet: 41.2 x 21.4 cm (16 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Three Male Nudes

1540 · black chalk or charcoal with brush and black chalk or charcoal wash, heightened with white gouache; incised

Sheet: 23.2 x 41.7 cm (9 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 23.2 x 41.9 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.); Tertiary Support: 24.8 x 42.7 cm (9 3/4 x 16 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Peter

1539 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, printed in grays and black

Sheet: 16 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (41.6 × 21.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Mark

1538 · Brush with brown, beige, and cream-colored tempera and emulsion, on paper.

15 3/4 x 9 3/16in. (40 x 23.3cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The forger standing by an anvil pulling a man in chains, from "The various operations of alchemy"

1535 · Woodcut

sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 9/16 in. (17.2 x 11.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Four Doctors of the Church

1535 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in two blocks in light green

Sheet: 8 7/8 in. × 7 in. (22.6 × 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Philip

1535 · Chiaroscuro woodcut (key block)

Sheet: 16 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (41.9 × 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

1531 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

9 × 6 3/8 in. (22.9 × 16.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scherprechter Servilius Ahala

1530 · varnishing on tempera, paper

height: 274 cm, width: 176 cm

Rijksmuseum

Hoofd van man met krullend haar, naar links

1530 · varnishing on tempera, cardboard

width: 205 cm, height: 276 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave

1530 · woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Catacombs

1530 · Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

8 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (21 x 17.1cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kinderkopje

1529 · varnishing on cardboard, tempera

height: 169 cm, width: 125 cm

Rijksmuseum

Three Male Nudes

1525 · engraving

Sheet: 21.7 x 41 cm (8 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Platemark: 20.8 x 40.5 cm (8 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Studies van een engel, twee hoofden en de heilige Michaël

1519 · pen on ink, paper

width: 145 cm, height: 215 cm

Rijksmuseum

Twee personen bij een schouw

1519 · chalk, paper

height: 215 cm, width: 145 cm

Rijksmuseum

Twee studies van een vliegende engel

1519 · pen on chalk, ink, paper

width: 145 cm, height: 215 cm

Rijksmuseum

Heuvellandschap met drie schaapskoppen

1500 · paper, chalk

height: 146 cm, width: 217 cm

Rijksmuseum

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18 published of 18 catalogued · 18 with image

Rijksmuseum
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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7 entries · 1 sources

Scherprechter Servilius Ahala
1530 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Kinderkopje
1529 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Hoofd van man met krullend haar, naar links
1530 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Three Male Nudes
1540 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave
1530 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Three Male Nudes
1525 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Saint Peter
1542 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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