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Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures
This is a Print. It was designed by Heinrich Aldegrever. It is dated 1550 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Aldegrever was a prolific engraver, and a small series of grotesque designs is among his last works. Unlike many of his peers who employed motifs of delicate scrollwork to unify their decorative designs, Aldegrever’s ornament features hefty hybrid figures balanced compactly into a small frame around a central mask and a set of trophies.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- Photograph
- chromogenic print.
- Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
- 1.2016.2
- Photograph
- chromogenic print.
- Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
- 1.2016.1
- Print, Ornamental Candelabrum
- etching on white laid paper, lined.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-25
Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-7-1
- Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-82-1-a
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Scene from Ovid
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-6-1
Its dimensions are
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
It is signed
Signed in plate with monogram, left lower center, below griffin: 1550 / A G
Cite this object as
Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures; Designed by Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502 - ca. 1561); Germany; engraving on laid paper; Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1945-59-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
