Large Wedding Dancers

1538

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

The image shows two individuals standing full-length and facing slightly to the right. The person on the left is holding long musical instruments, while the other individual stands beside them. Both have curly hair, with the person on the left having more defined curls. The individual on the left has distinct facial features with a slightly turned head, a straight nose, and a visible chin. The person on the right has a less angled face and a softer expression. Both are dressed in elaborate 16th-century attire featuring doublets, puffed shorts, ornamental boots, and heavily draped robes. The left person is gripping the musical instruments with both hands. In the backdrop, there is an intricate design with a lined pattern containing the date "1538" and the signature initials "AG" within a square frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.273

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 161, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 18); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 161, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957439

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