1532
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dagger Sheath with Nude Woman is a 1532 by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a tall, muscular woman standing sideways, holding a staff. Her hair is curly, and she’s barefoot, standing on a small patch of grass. Below her, there’s a decorative border filled with leaves and flowers. The artist used deep shadows and smooth lines to make her body look solid. The way light hits her curves is simple but striking. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works in other art.
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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