Lust, from the Vices
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 10.2 × 6.1 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77409
Art Historical Context
**Lust, from the Vices** Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552 Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Image/plate: 10.2 × 6.1 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.) Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Department Heinrich Aldegrever, a leading German engraver of the Northern Renaissance, crafted this intimate engraving as part of his renowned *Vices* series around 1552. Working in Soest, Westphalia, Aldegrever was one of the "Little Masters," artists celebrated for their virtuosic small-scale prints that rivaled painting in detail. This moralistic allegory embodies *Lust* (Luxuria), one of the seven...
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...