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Engraving

1535 (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. Ornamental design with a putto on the back of a sphinx. German, 1535.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 16.5cm
  • Cut to width: 4.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Dated '1535' and signed with the monogram 'AG' on a tablet in the lower left of the plate.
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. 255.
  • Mielke, Ursula., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 3, Heinrich Aldegrever, no.255.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 246.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.615-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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