Sol og Faeton
Medium
Kobberstik
Classification
Kobberstik
Department
Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KKSgb20623
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
KobberstikGrafik
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...