Lazarus bedelt aan de deur van de rijke man
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
80; 108
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 80 mm x breedte 108 mm
Art Historical Context
**Lazarus Begs at the Door of Rich Man** Hein Aldegrever, 1554 Engraving, 80 × 108 mm Step into the intricate world of 16th-century German printmaking with Heinrich Aldegrever's poignant engraving *Lazarus bedelt aan de deur van rijke man* (Lazarus Begs at the Door of Rich Man). This tiny yet powerful work, measuring just 80 mm high by 108 mm wide, captures a pivotal moment from the biblical parable in Luke 16: Lazarus, the impoverished beggar, pleads at the threshold of a wealthy man's lavish home. Aldegrever, a master engraver from Soest and one of the esteemed "Little Masters," speci...
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...