Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (20 × 12.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.3.4
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About this artwork
This engraving, created in 1537, represents significant artistic achievement by Heinrich Aldegrever|Heinrich Aldegrever, a German artist. The piece demonstrates the technical capabilities and aesthetic conventions of German art during this historical period. Working in engraving, the artist employed materials and techniques characteristic of the era, creating visual effects that convey both subject matter and artistic vision. Museum collections preserve such works to ensure continued study and a...
About the Artist
Heinrich Aldegrever|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...