Three Cupids and a Bear

1529

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

This is a drawing of three cherubs supporting a decorative emblem with a bear on top. The engraving features three cherubic figures at the bottom of the image, each holding stylized staffs adorned with acanthus leaves. The cherubs are rendered in an ornate style, each with wings and pudgy limbs. Above them is an emblem dated "1529" with a monogram "AG". Perched above this emblem is a bear looking downwards. The background is richly etched with fine lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.296

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 231, 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. 231, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957493

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