1553
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ornament with Vase and Two Female Figures is a 1553 ink by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows two small, winged female figures holding up a tall vase filled with grapes. Above them, a swirling design of leaves and flowers frames the scene. The dark background makes the light lines pop, and everything looks carved into the page. The tiny details—like the grape clusters and the curls in the figures’ hair—show how carefully this was made. The year "1553" is stamped in the top corner, marking when it was created. Next, check out how this was made using engraving.
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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