Dürer died in 1528 from a disease contracted during his journey to
the Netherlands. Among his principal pupils were Georg Pencz (_c._
1500-1550), to whom is without sufficient reason attributed the
indifferent half figure of _St. John the Evangelist_ (No. 2730); and
Hans Sebald Beham (_c._ 1500-1550), the famous engraver, of whom the
Louvre is fortunate to possess the only known painting, a table top
divided by golden lances into four compartments, each of which contains
a _Subject from the Story of David_ (No. 2701): the _Entry of Saul
into Jerusalem; David and Bathsheba_ (in which scene is introduced
a portrait of Archbishop Albrecht of Mayence, for whom the work was
executed); the _Siege of Rabbath_; and the _Prophet Nathan before
David_ (with a portrait of the artist and the initials of his name, “H.
S. B.”).