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Heinrich Aldegrever
Lazarus begging for crumbs 1554
engraving
8.1 × 11.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Lazarus begging for crumbs
1554
from The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus series, 1554
Medium
engraving
Measurements
8.1 × 11.1 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 45 (vol. 16 p. 158); Hollstien vol. I p. 24
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.l.: ALDE GRAVE / IИ SVSATO / FECIT
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: r 1554 / AG (monogram)
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: ERVIMИOS·HIC·LAZAR·IAGES·AD·IANVA·DIVITIS·MICAS·ETIA·CAИIBVS·OBIECTAS·DE·MESA·EPVLOИIS·PETIT·LV / 16
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.l.: H. Aldegrever / 1502-55
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet on reverse l.l.: opp. L3
inscriebd in pen and ink on larger backing sheet c.l.: 1278/3 Early German / 27
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: from Grangerized Booke of common prayer / Ldn 1620
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.r.: R.S. 1055 (1055 in a circle)
stamped in purple ink on larger backing mount l.l.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.575-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
beggars dining dog (species) Lazarus and Dives (parable, Christian iconography) parables poor (people) suffering
Movements
Renaissance