1552
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chastity is a 1552 by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a woman standing in front of a draped altar. She’s holding a tall staff and a cloth over her shoulder. Behind her, a small scene of a man and woman is carved into the altar’s side, with a statue on top. The ground has rocks and waves, and the whole image looks like it was drawn with a pen. The woman’s pose and the Latin text below (*Chastity*) suggest she stands for an idea, not a real person. The year 1552 is marked on a small box near the altar. Look up Renaissance next to see how artists used symbols like this.
Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer.
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