Large Wedding Dancers

1538

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

The image shows two individuals from head to toe. The male figure has one arm around the female figure, and the other arm pointing outward. He has a long, intricately styled beard, and wears a small cap on his head. His clothing is elaborate, with a puffed, striped doublet, short trousers, a cape draped over his shoulders, voluminous sleeves, hose, pointed shoes, and a sword at his side. The female figure stands beside him, looking in the opposite direction, with delicate facial features, hair up, an ornate hat, a long flowing gown with wide sleeves, and a cross brooch at her chest. The background is plain, with a small engraved monogram and the year 1538 in the upper-left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.276

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 164, 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. 164, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957444

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