Vertical Panel with Scrolling Tendrils Rising from Center
1517–61
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (6.7 × 4.2 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gifts in memory of Olivia H. Paine, 1983
Accession Number
1983.1178
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the heart of the Northern Renaissance, German artist Heinrich Aldegrever (active 1517–61) this delicate *Vertical Panel with Scrolling Tendrils Rising from Center a fine engraving measuring just 2 5/8 × 1 5/8 inches. As one of the "Little," Aldegrever specialized in small-scale prints, and this piece exemplifies his mastery of the engraving technique—incising precise lines into a copper plate to create sharp, reproducible designs. Produced in the 16th century, it belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, acquired through a 1983 purchase honoring Olivia H. P...
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...