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Heinrich Aldegrever
Two men with torches 1538
engraving
11.7 × 7.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Two men with torches
1538
from The set of large wedding dancers series, 1538
Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.7 × 7.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 161(vol. 16, p. 207); Hollstein vol. I p. 70
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 2
printed in ink (in image u.r.: 1538 / AG (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.l.: R.S. / Lan III 03
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.r.: S4 (in a square)
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet c.: R.S. 1074 (1074 in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.l.: H. Aldegrever
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.c.: Le B 267 / N.I. 49 / The Procession of the Wedding / Deux hommes portant des flamdeaux
inscribed in pen and ink on backing sheet c.l.: 1278/3 Early German / 19
stmaped in purple ink on backing sheet l.r.: NATIONAL GAL / OF VICTORIA (incomplete) (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.569-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Costume Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
cloaks men (male humans) swords torches (lighting devices) wedding clothes weddings (ceremonies)
Movements
Renaissance