Caption

Luxuria, from the series Allegorical Figures; Aldegrever, Heinrich ca. 1502–1555/1561 graphic artist; German, Renaissance; 1549 1st edition; allegory/personification of Luxuria; attributes include pigs, animals, vessels; figures with attributes; landscape; graphic print; height 7 cm, width 4.9 cm., A monochrome engraving shows a partially draped woman standing barefoot on a textured ground, wearing a flowing gown with visible folds and a wreath in her hair; she holds a cylindrical object in one hand and a round vessel with a handle and lid in the other, while a large boar with detailed fur stands beside her and sniffs at something on the ground; the background includes architectural ruins and a distant rocky hill, and the image tones are shades of black, gray, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_078

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Available size

75.0Mb (5.1Mb) / 14.6in x 20.0in / 4368 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Luxuria series Allegorical Figures Aldegrever Heinrich ca 1502–1555 1561 graphic artist German Renaissance 1549 1st edition allegory personification attributes include pigs animals vessels figures landscape graphic print height 7 cm width 4.9 cm monochrome engraving partially draped woman standing barefoot textured ground wearing flowing gown visible folds wreath hair holds cylindrical object hand round vessel handle lid large boar detailed fur stands beside sniffs something ground background includes architectural ruins distant rocky hill image tones shades black gray off-white.