The Severe Father

1553

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

This is a drawing of an interior scene with two figures. One figure is depicted as an older, muscular person in a bed, gripping the other by the hair. The second figure is clothed and partly on the ground, looking shocked. The bed is elaborately furnished with a large pillow and a draped canopy. There is a cartouche at the top with Latin text and a signature and date at the bottom left indicating the drawing was made in 1553. The style and technique suggest a highly detailed, Renaissance-inspired drawing with strong contrasts and detailed line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.247

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 73, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Heinrich Aldegreaver, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 73, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957388

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