Engraving On The Theme Of The Parable Of The Rich Man And Lazarus By Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554

The Artist :
Heinrich Aldegrever was born around 1502 in Paderborn, Germany, and died inSoest around 1559. A talented engraver and also a painter, he was part of thegroup known as the "Little Masters" (Kleinmeister),recognized for his exceptional ability to create very small engravings with anabundance of precise details. His early engraved works were heavily influencedby Albrecht Dürer. Even his monogram, featuring the letters "AG," maybe a tribute to the master of Nuremberg, whose monogram bore the letters"AD."

The Subject :
This engraving is part of a series of five prints dedicated to the Parableof the Rich Man and Lazarus. Complete series can be found in Amsterdam, Berlin,Bremen, Brunswick, Cambridge, Coburg, Dresden, London, Münster, Warsaw, andWolfegg.

The Death of the Wicked Rich Man
• Engraving on laid paper (without watermark)
• Signed with the monogram “AG” and dated “1554”on a tablet fixed to the wall at the top, and numbered “3” in the upper rightcorner
• A line in Latin below the composition: “DIVES. EPVLO. EXTREMUM. HIC OBIT. DIEM. LVCE. 16”
• Height: 11 cm; Width: 7.9 cm
• Vertical crease in the paper at the time ofprinting, visible on the bench shown at the foot of the bed, on which a ewer isplaced
• Fine impression

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