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Heinrich Aldegrever

Lot Prevents the Sodomites from Violence (plate two from The Story of Lot)

Description

Maker

Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502-ca. 1560)

Title

Lot Prevents the Sodomites from Violence (plate two from The Story of Lot)

Year

1555

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 12.8 x 8.5 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in the plate, at lower right, on a piece of paper lying in the street: AG 1555; inscribed on verso, at upper right, in graphite: 63 510; inscribed on verso, at center, in graphite: 3; inscribed on verso, at lower left, in graphite: B 15; stamped on verso, at lower right: two illegible collectors' marks, in red and black ink.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alan Nathan

Object Number

2017.95.4

Type

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Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502-ca. 1560)
Lot Prevents the Sodomites from Violence (plate two from The Story of Lot), 1555
Engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 12.8 x 8.5 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/8 inches)
Gift of Alan Nathan 2017.95.4

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