Heinrich Aldegrever. 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 Albrecht Dürer. Painter, printmaker and goldsmith active in a Westphalia milieu.
Born in Paderborn. His real name was Trippenmecker, which in Westphalian dialect means a clog-maker.
It is not known where Aldegrever was taught. He probably worked in a workshop of one of the Soest goldsmiths.
His early works show a strong Westphalian influence. Aldegrever made a journey to the Netherlands, where he became acquainted with works of Joos van Cleve, Barendt van Orley, Lucas van Leyden and Jacob Cornelisz. Around 1525 he moved to Soest, where a year later he painted the wings and predella of the Mary altar for the church of St. Peter. His signature and symbolic clog show that he was still using his father's name. His first engravings appeared in 1527. They were signed with a monogram AG, resembling closely that of Albrecht Dürer. In 1531, influenced by surrounding religious fervour, he became a Lutheran. Because of lack of church commissions he devoted most of his time to portrait painting and printmaking. Aldegrever's some 290 engravings and woodcuts, chiefly from his own designs, are delicate and minute, though somewhat hard in style, and entitle him to a place in the front rank of the so-called Little
He was one of the Little Masters, the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer. Painter, printmaker and goldsmith active in a Westphalia milieu.
Born in Paderborn. His real name was Trippenmecker, which in Westphalian dialect means a clog-maker.
It is not known where Aldegrever was taught. He probably worked in a workshop of one of the Soest goldsmiths.
His early works show a strong Westphalian influence. Aldegrever made a journey to the Netherlands, where he became acquainted with works of Joos van Cleve, Barendt van Orley, Lucas van Leyden and Jacob Cornelisz. Around 1525 he moved to Soest, where a year later he painted the wings and predella of the Mary altar for the church of St. Peter. His signature and symbolic clog show that he was still using his father's name. His first engravings appeared in 1527. They were signed with a monogram AG, resembling closely that of Albrecht Dürer. In 1531, influenced by surrounding religious fervour, he became a Lutheran. Because of lack of church commissions he devoted most of his time to portrait painting and printmaking. Aldegrever's some 290 engravings and woodcuts, chiefly from his own designs, are delicate and minute, though somewhat hard in style, and entitle him to a place in the front rank of the so-called Little
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