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1552

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

This is a photograph of an etched metal plate. The image shows an intricately engraved scene on a rectangular sheet of metal, possibly copper or brass. The etching includes figures holding arrows or other tools, along with swirling patterns resembling clouds or smoke. The work displays detailed craftsmanship that is best appreciated up close, illustrating how images were historically printed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraved copper plate

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.5 x 6.2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.4.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 126

  • Series Title

    The Virtues and Vices

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Scholz, Budapest; (his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 10-13 May 1911, part of lot 27?); McDonald(?); Princes of Oettingen-Wallerstein, Maihingen and Schloss Harburg (see Lugt 2175a).

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, no. 126.

1996

  • C.G. Boerner Inc. Neue Lagerliste. New York, 2009: no. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q63571291

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