16. Heinrich Aldegrever
(1502-1558/61)
Dagger Sheath Design with a Costumed Couple

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Aldegrever: Dagger Sheath Design

Dagger Sheath Design with a Costumed Couple

Engraving, 1532, 168 x 34 mm., Bartsch 247. Good and sharp but not black impression of this rare print, on laid paper with partial thread margin or trimmed on the platemark but with white space outside the borderline all around. A tiny rust spot and attendant surface loss in the drapery. These dagger sheath designs are in two sections, an upper one with one or more standing figures and a lower one of foliage ornament, with a narrow blank margin between, and the prints are often found cut with the two sections separated and sometimes mismatched. Whole impressions are of particular scarcity.