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Riches

Print
1549 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Aldegrever (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Soest (Printed)

A black and white print on paper depicting a draped female figure holding a vase in her right hand and a purse in her left. Beside her feet is a money chest and bags spilling coins.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Christianity
Object type
Print
TitleRiches (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Heinrich Aldegrever, 'Riches', plate from a suite of 14 plates representing Virtues and Vices, etching, 1549-1550
Physical description
A black and white print on paper depicting a draped female figure holding a vase in her right hand and a purse in her left. Beside her feet is a money chest and bags spilling coins.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.1cm
  • Cut to width: 5.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Dated '1549' and signed with the monogram 'AG' in the upper right of the plate. 'DIVITÆ'
Translation
Riches
Subjects depicted
Allegorical Figures
Wealth
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • Mielke, Ursula., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 3, Heinrich Aldegrever, no.107.
  • Robert A. Koh, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 16. Early German Masters, Jacob Bink, George Pencz and Heinrich Aldegrever. New York: Abaris Books, 1981. no. 107.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.286-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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