Heinrich Aldegrever

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Self-Portrait (1537)
Manufactured by Heinrich Aldegrever cliché (1536)

Heinrich Aldegrever , in the Low German language of his homeland actually Hinrik Trippenmäker , (*  1502 in Paderborn , † between 1555 and 1561 in Soest ) was an important German engraver , painter and seal cutter of the Renaissance .

Life

Aldegrever was the son of the middle-class clog maker Hermann Trippenmäker and his wife Katharina. Since no painters' guild can be found in Paderborn at this time , it is likely that Aldegrever had learned in Soest.

At the age of 19, Aldegrever was accepted as a journeyman in the workshop of the painter Ludger tom Ring the Elder in Münster around 1521 . Aldegrever's years of traveling could have led him to the Netherlands . Influences from Joos van Cleve and Jan Gossaert are discussed .

As a result, Aldegrever worked in the then important Westphalian city ​​of Soest am Hellweg . His early work there, the St. Mary 's altar from 1525 installed in the Soest Wiesenkirche , is still entirely based on Catholic religious ideas. But the artist soon turned to Reformation ideas. He also moved away from painting towards copperplate engraving , strongly influenced by his role model Albrecht Dürer . Whether Aldegrever was also with Dürer in Nuremberg , which after an analysis of his painting style would be quite possible, or whether he was based on works by Dürer, must remain open. The admiration for the Nuremberg engraver found particular expression in the takeover of his Signeform AD , which Aldegrever almost consistently cited as an AG .

Between 1526 and 1527 Aldegrever was granted civil rights in Soest . As a citizen he was then accepted into the local painters' guild, in which he remained until his death. He belonged to the group of so-called small masters .

Aldegrever was so respected as an artist that even Franz von Waldeck , the Catholic bishop of Münster, repeatedly commissioned the Lutheran artist. Portraits of the defeated episcopal opponents Jan van Leyden and Bernd Knipperdolling are still known today .

Aldegrever was repeatedly ascribed to having worked as a goldsmith and fire-glass painter on the side. According to the current state of research, this cannot be confirmed.

Aldegrever took political and religious influence with the introduction of the Reformation in Soest. On behalf of the council, he invited and accompanied the reformer Gerd Omeken from Lippstadt to the city of Soest.

Memorial plaque for Aldegrever in Soest

Works

  • 1527 Standing Madonna, Seated Madonna, Saint Christophorus, three ornamental designs for cross panels
  • 1528 Four drafts for cross panels, dagger sheath with Landsknecht, dagger sheath with Babylonian wooer, Joseph sells grain to his brothers, Judith, Simson & Delila, Orpheus & Eurydice, Faith, Intensity, Strength, Ensign, Portrait of an old man
  • 1529 Adam, Eve, Medea & Jason, Mars, Hercules & Antaeus, The Lovers, Reminder of Death, The Landsknecht, Three designs for cross panels, dagger sheath with David, dagger sheath with Johannes
  • 1530 Loth and his daughters, The Abduction, Mucius Scaevola, monk and nun, self-portrait at the age of 28
  • 1532 Joseph recounts his dreams, Joseph escapes Potiphar's wife, Potiphar's wife sues Joseph, Joseph escapes temptation, Jacob reflecting on Joseph's dreams, Bathsheba, Marcus Curcius, battle frieze with Hector, dagger sheath with man and woman, dagger sheath with naked man and woman, dagger sheath with soldier and naked woman
  • 1533 Diana, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
  • 1535 Children's frieze, bear frieze, dagger sheath with bust of a helmeted man, dagger sheath with bust of a queen
  • 1536 Design of three agraffes, dagger design with a naked couple, portrait of Jans van Leyden , portrait of Bernhard Knipperdolling
  • Lute player in love in 1537, self-portrait at the age of 35, design for a belt buckle, design for a sword scabbard, design for a dagger
  • 1538 Battle frieze with Hannibal & Scipio, judgment of Paris, small wedding dancers, large wedding dancers, portrait of Albert van der Helle
  • 1539 Four Evangelists, Tarquinius & Lucretia, design for two spoons, design for a dagger with David & Goliath
  • 1540 Adam & Eva, Amnos & Thamar, Der Fähnrich, Portrait of Duke Wilhelm, Portrait of Jülich-Cleve-Berg, Portrait of Martin Luther, Portrait of Melanchthon
  • 1541 Dance of Death
  • 1549 series of allegories
  • 1550 Heracles' succession, the victorious savior
  • 1551 Adam & Eve
  • 1552 Venus & Amor, Little Wedding Dancers, Sequence of Virtues & Vices
  • 1553 Annunciation, Nativity, Christ on the cross, Madonna with death crown, Madonna seated, Sophonisbe, Tarquinius & Lucretia, Titus Manilius, the strict father, Thisbe killing himself, The night
  • 1554 Parable of the good Samaritan, parable of the rich man and Lazarus
  • 1555 story of Susanna, judgment of Solomonis, story of Loth, nemesis

reception

In 1989, Kord Winter created the Aldegrever fountain in Soest based on a motif from The Great Wedding Dancers .

Auctions

From the several-day auction of the v. V., Which was carried out by bookseller and auctioneer IL Schmidmer (1779–1831) in Nuremberg in 1825 . Derschauischen Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg ( Hans Albrecht von Derschau † 1824) further works are shown.

literature

Exhibitions

  • September 30th - November 2nd 1986 Unna: Heinrich Aldegrever - the minor masters and the arts and crafts of the Renaissance.
  • June 6th - August 25th, 2002 Münster, Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History: Heinrich Aldegrever - copper engravings, anniversary exhibition for the 500th birthday of the Westphalian artist.
  • January 26th - April 27th, 2003 Unna, Hellweg-Museum: Picture dispute and sensual pleasure - Heinrich Aldegrever (1502–2002) see under web links.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Aldegrever  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of the v.Derschauisches Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg ..., Second Department. Nuremberg, at the obligated auctioner Schmidmer, 1825, p. 13, (75.) ( directory of rare art collections, 1825. Google Books, online ).
  2. ↑ Directory of the v.Derschauisches Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg ..., Second Department. Nuremberg, at the obliged auctioneer Schmidmer, 1825, list of works from p. 24, (208 to 268) ( list of rare art collections, 1825. Google Books, online ).
personal data
SURNAME Aldegrever, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trippenmäker, Hinrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver and seal cutter
DATE OF BIRTH 1502
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH between 1555 and 1561
Place of death Soest