The Rich Man Being Carried Away by the Devil
after 1554
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.233
Art Historical Context
### The Rich Man Being Car Away by the Devil striking engraving, created after the design of Heinrich Aldegrever around 1554 or later, captures a dramatic moment from the biblical parable of the Rich Man Lazarus (Luke 1619-31). In the scene, a wealthy figure is seized by a menacing devil,izing the consequences of earthly greed and neglect of the poor. Aldegver, a leading German engraver of the Northern Renaissance and one of the "Little Masters was renowned for his intricate small-scale prints that blended moral allegory with meticulous detail. Engraving as a medium was revolutionary in the...