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Print

1535 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Aldegrever (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Soest (Printed)

A black and white engraving on paper depicting a design for a dagger sheath. At the top the scrolls of foliage form a ring enclosing a crowned female head.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Designs
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Heinrich Aldegrever, design for a dagger sheath ornamented with foliage and above with the bust of a woman wearing a crown, German, 1535
Physical description
A black and white engraving on paper depicting a design for a dagger sheath. At the top the scrolls of foliage form a ring enclosing a crowned female head.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 14.3cm
  • Cut to width: 2.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Dated '1535' and signed with the monogram 'AG' on a tablet in the lower left of the plate.
Credit line
Purchased from the Lanna Collection
Subjects depicted
Weaponry
Leaf
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 245.2.
  • Mielke, Ursula., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 3, Heinrich Aldegrever, no.254.
  • Robert A. Koh, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 16. Early German Masters, Jacob Bink, George Pencz and Heinrich Aldegrever. New York: Abaris Books, 1981. No. 254.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3315-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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