Caption

Lascivia, from the series: Allegorical Figures, Aldegrever, Heinrich ca. 1502-1555 aut. 1561 graphic artist/author, allegories, German culture, Renaissance style, personifications iconography, German graphics, animals, attributes, figures with attributes, sensuality allegory, badgers zool., Debauchery allegory, Debauchery personification, 1549 1st edition, graphic print, height 7.1 cm, width 5 cm, A standing woman with light skin tones rendered in ink wears a flowing dress with visible folds and ruffled sleeves, one arm raised holding a feathered object and the other hand touching her chest; her hair is pulled back into a bun. The scene includes a large curled animal with fur lying at her feet, a textured ground beneath them, and ruins or stacked stone blocks to one side. The background shows distant hilly terrain and sparse vegetation. The image palette is monochrome black ink on an off-white, slightly aged paper with spots of brown discoloration.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_079

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.0Mb (5.4Mb) / 14.6in x 20.0in / 4369 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lascivia series Allegorical Figures Aldegrever Heinrich ca 1502-1555 aut 1561 graphic artist author allegories German culture Renaissance style personifications iconography German graphics animals attributes figures sensuality allegory badgers zool Debauchery allegory Debauchery personification 1549 1st edition graphic print height 7.1 cm width 5 cm standing woman light skin tones rendered ink wears flowing dress visible folds ruffled sleeves arm raised holding feathered object hand touching chest hair pulled back bun scene includes large curled animal fur lying feet textured ground beneath them ruins stacked stone blocks side background distant hilly terrain sparse vegetation image palette monochrome black ink off-white slightly aged paper spots brown discoloration.