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Couple embracing
1538
from The set of large wedding dancers series, 1538
Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.7 × 7.8 cm (plate) 11.8 × 8.0 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 165 (vol. 16, p. 209); Hollstein vol. I p. 70
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 6
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 1538 / AG (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: B165
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse l.r.: 53047
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.c.: Les Danseurs de Noce / Heinrich Aldegrever / "The Wedding Dancers"
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: m/5/□
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet: l.l.: 1075
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet l.r.: R.S. 1075 (in a circle)
stamped in purple ink on larger backing sheet: NATIONAL / OF VIC (incomplete (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.570-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
couples embracing sleeves (costume) swords wedding clothes weddings (ceremonies) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance