Dansend paar

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 53 mm x breedte 37 mm

Art Historical Context

**Dansend Paar (Dancing Couple *Heinrich Aldegre, 1538, Engraving, 53 × 37 mm* Step into the lively world of 16th-century Northern Renaissance with Heinrich Aldegrever enchanting engraving *Dansend Paar*, "Dancing Couple." Created in 1538, this gem captures a joyful pair mid-dance, their flowing garments and expressive poses evoking the festive spirit of Renaissance social life. Aldegrever, a goldsmith and master engraver from Soest (c. 1502–1555), was one of the celebrated "Little Masters," renowned for their virtuosic small-scale prints that rivaled painting in detail. As an engraving, t...

About the Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1502–1561

Heinrich Aldegrever, born in 1502 in Paderborn, Westphalia, to parents Herman and Katherine Trippenmeker—a family of clog-makers known by the dialect name Trippenmecker—emerged as a multifaceted artist in the German Renaissance. His early training remains undocumented, though he likely apprenticed in a Soest goldsmith's workshop after relocating there around 1525, where he joined the painters' gui...