Design for a Dagger Sheath with Cain and Abel Heinrich Aldegrever 1539

Design for a Dagger Sheath with Cain and Abel
Heinrich Aldegrever 1539
From the collection of
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Details
Title: Design for a Dagger Sheath with Cain and Abel
Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
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Medium: engraving
Object Credit: Rosenwald Collection
Classification: Print
Artist School: German
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Details: German, 1502 - 1555/1561

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Rijksmuseum is the museum of the Netherlands. Its world-famous masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age include the Milkmaid by Vermeer and Rembrandt's Night Watch. The Rijksmuseum itself is also a masterpiece. The collection is presented in a stunning building with amazing interior design. In 80 galleries 8,000 objects tell the story of 800 years of Dutch art and history, from the Middle Ages to Mondrian. Every year, over 2.5 million visitors travel through the ages and experience a feeling of beauty and sense of time.

Heinrich Aldegrever
1502 - 1538

Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Dürer.
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