1536
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three Buckles of Girdles Side by Side is a 1536 ink by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows three oval shapes side by side, each framed like a decorative buckle. Inside each oval, there’s a bearded face with curly hair, looking serious. Between the faces, there are swirling patterns with tiny scrolls, clocks, and what looks like a vase or urn. The year 1536 is written at the top, and the whole thing is drawn with fine lines—no color, just black and white. The artist used a tool to carve the design into metal, then printed it. Look up engraving to see how this kind of printmaking works.
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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