The Judgment of Solomon
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11.3 × 7.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 11.4 × 8.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77366
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...