Foliate Grotesque Springing from a Vase, with Six Blossoms and a Male Mask

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2016.81
People: Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
Title: Foliate Grotesque Springing from a Vase, with Six Blossoms and a Male Mask
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1552
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/349732

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 14.2 x 5.1 cm (5 9/16 x 2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: monogram: AG
inscription: engraved in tablet at upper center: 15AG52

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: German New Hollstein 285, Warncke II 400

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year: 2016
Object Number: 2016.81
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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