Keizerin Kunigunda in een nis
Heinrich Aldegrever
1512 - 1558
Medium
pen
Dimensions
139; 45
About this artwork
Keizerin Kunigunda, gemalin van Hendrik II, en later heilig verklaard, met kroon op en gevouwen handen, ten voeten uit, staande in een nis.
About the Artist
Heinrich Aldegrever · 1502–1561
Heinrich Aldegrever, born in 1502 in Paderborn, Westphalia, to parents Herman and Katherine Trippenmeker—a family of clog-makers known by the dialect name Trippenmecker—emerged as a multifaceted artist in the German Renaissance. His early training remains undocumented, though he likely apprenticed in a Soest goldsmith's workshop after relocating there around 1525, where he joined the painters' gui...