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Engraving

1529 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Aldegrever (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Soest (Printed)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Heinrich Aldegrever. Dagger sheath with foliated ornamentation and above the figure of an executioner holding a head (possibly the head of St. John the Baptist). German, 1529.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 17.1cm
  • Cut to width: 3.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Dated '1529' and signed with the monogram 'AG' on a tablet in the upper right of the plate.
Credit line
From the Collections of the K. Sachsiches Kupferstichkabinet Dresden (dupl.) and R. Scholtz.
Bibliographic references
  • Robert A. Koh, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 16. Early German Masters, Jacob Bink, George Pencz and Heinrich Aldegrever. New York: Abaris Books, 1981. No. 235.
  • Mielke, Ursula., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 3, Heinrich Aldegrever, no.235.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 229.2.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.624-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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