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Heinrich Aldegrever
Sophonisba Drinking Poison1553

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper, two figures in 16th-century dress: a bearded standing man in doublet and sword faces a seated, partially draped woman drinking from a large cup, with a Latin text cartouche above
Artist or Maker
Heinrich Aldegrever
Title
Sophonisba Drinking Poison
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1553
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (11.43 × 7.3 cm) Image: 4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (11.43 × 7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Richard and Gerald Simms and Dr. Jesse and Silvia Matossian through the Graphic Arts Council
Accession Number
AC1993.174.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.