Vertical Panel with Inhabited Candelabrum Rising from a Cuirass
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (13.5 × 4.4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
27.23.80
Tags
Art Historical Context
Heinrich Aldegrever, a master engraver from the German and one of the "Little Masters" known for their finely detailed small-scale prints, created *Vertical Panel with Inhabitedelabrum Rising from Cuirass* in 1553. This delicate engraving, measuring just 5 5/16 × 1 3/4 inches, exemplifies the precision of intaglio printmaking, where acid-etched lines on a metal plate capture intricate designs with remarkable clarity. Produced during a time when Northern European artists eagerly adopted Italian Renaissance motifs, Aldegrever's work served as a pattern book for goldsmiths, armorers, and decorato...
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...