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Amnon and Jonadab, from The Story of Amnon and Tamar

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Amnon and Jonadab, from The Story of Amnon and Tamar

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

Date:
1540
Medium:
Engraving; first state of two (New Hollstein)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 11/16 x 3 in. (11.9 x 7.6 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number:
66.529.17

This artwork is part of Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700

This artwork is not on display

  • Description

    Amnon, standing before a column at left, addresses the seated Jonadab at right. Plate 1 from a series of seven with the Story of Amnon and Tamar.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

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

    Inscription: at top right, on plaque: II.REG.XIII. / IONADAB AIT AD AMNO / CVBA SVPER LECTV TVV / & LAGVORE SIMVLA; on plaque at bottom right: 1540 / AG

  • Provenance

    Donor: Childs Gallery

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch VIII.14.22; New Hollstein 40.22 i/ii; Hollstein I.368.22

  • References

    "The Print in the North: The Age of Albrecht Durer and Lucas van Leyden". LIV (Spring, 4), New York, 1997, p. 54.



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