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Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

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Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever  (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest)

Date:
1529
Medium:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 1 7/16 in. (16.9 × 3.6 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number:
56.550.1

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  • Description

    Horizontal panel with design for a dagger sheath, with a scene at top showing the executioner holding the head of John the Baptist in his left hand while stepping on the body below. Under this scene is a candelabrum with scrolling tendrils and strapwork.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: AG [monogram of the artist: A over G]

    Inscription: At upper right: 1529 / AG

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    copy of Bartsch VIII.433.234; New Hollstein 194.234 copy; copy of Hollstein I.109.234

90003298

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