1538
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Large Wedding Dancers is a 1538 ink by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows two men in fancy clothes. One wears a soldier’s armor and holds a spear, while the other has a loose robe with a skull embroidered on his knee. They’re standing close, almost touching, with one arm around the other’s shoulder. The skull on the soldier’s knee is a small but bold detail—it hints at something deeper than just armor and robes. The lines are sharp, and the shading makes the fabrics look textured. Next, check out engraving to see how artists like this carved fine lines into metal to create prints.
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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