1554
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Good Samaritan Placing the Traveler on a Mule is a 1554 ink by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a man on the ground, half-covered by a mule. Another man, dressed in simple robes, helps him mount the animal. In the background, a town with buildings and a church sits under a clear sky. The scene looks busy but calm, with careful lines showing every fold of cloth and leaf. The artist used shading to make the figures stand out against the flat background. Next, check out the technique: etching.
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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