M2623: Dancing Couple

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M2623

People

Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
After Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, German (c. 1480 - 1539/40)

Title

Dancing Couple

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Large Wedding-Dancers

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1538

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/259323

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink with added touches of gray wash on white antique laid paper, discolored to gray

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 11.6 × 7.6 cm (4 9/16 × 3 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, upper left: 7
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: P.J.S. [script; Paul J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: KS [monogram within an ornate borderline; Karl Scheffler (Lugt 1644)]
• inscription: in plate, upper right corner: 1538 / AG [monogram]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2623
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B 166 / 75. 113

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 166, Bartsch 166

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

M2623

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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