Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Beret
c. 1540
Medium
colored chalks on laid paper; laid down
Dimensions
overall: 29.4 x 20 cm (11 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.12.1
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...