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Heinrich Aldegrever (1501-1561)

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Heinrich Aldegrever - The Rich Man transported to Hell / Description: The Parable of Dives and Lazarus: The Rich Man transported to Hell; carried by two flying demons above a landscape at left; at right three demons digging a hole with spades; from a series of five engravings. 1554 Engraving made by Heinrich Aldegrever. Signed with monogram and dated on a tablet at upper right, in lower margin: 'DIVITEM EPULONEM APUD INFEROS SEPULTUM HEC TABELLA REFERT LUC 16'. This is the most spectacular of the series. / Dimensions: 8,00 x 11,00 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with good plate tone. With full plate borders and narrow margins on laid paper. Condition is very good . / Literature: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (47) --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.377.47) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1554