Vertical Panel with a Candelabrum Containing a Medallion with a Centaur and a Pair of Dolphins
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 15/16 in. (12.3 × 2.4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.23.76
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CentaursDolphins
About the Artist
Heinrich Aldegrever|Barthel Beham · 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...