Heinrich Aldegrever | <The Power of Death >: Adam and Eve Laboring, with Death (Adam und Eva bein Baumroden) | Collection | The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

12 January 2012

Heinrich Aldegrever [Paderborn, 1502 - Soest, Westphalia, 1551-61]

Date	1541
Materials/Techniques	engraving
Size (cm)	7.7 x 5.0
Inscriptions	Monogram and dated u. l.: 1541 AG; Inscribed b. margin: MALEDICTA TERRA IN OPERE TVO LA BORIBVS COMEDES CVNTIS DIEBVS VITÆ, DONEC REVERTARIS &c. GENESIS III.; numbered l.l.corner; 4
Standard ref.	Bartsch, vol.8, no.138; Ill. Bartsch, vol.16, no. 138.
Category	Prints
Collection Number	G.2000-0045


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2002: [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] New Acquisitions 1999-2001, Prints Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 5 March 2002 - 26 May 2002
2007: Gods and Nature: The Essence of European Art from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Himeji City Museum of Art, 4 November 2007 - 2 December 2007, cat. no. 23-4
2007: Gods and Nature: The Essence of European Art from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, 11 December 2007 - 3 February 2008, cat. no. 23-4

1933: Zschelletzschky, Herbert. Das graphische Werk Heinrich Aldegrevers: ein Beitrag zu seinem Stil im Rahmen der deutschen Stilentwicklung. Strassburg, J. H. ED. Heitz, 1933, pp. 86-88.
1989: Schuster, Eva. Mensch und Tod: Graphiksammlung der Universität Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, Triltsch, 1989, pp. 4-6.
1995: German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550 (exh. cat.). Bartrum, Giulia, ed. London, British Museum, 1995, pp. 179-180.
1998: The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700: Heinrich Aldegrever. Rotterdam, Sound & Vision Interactive, 1998, pp. 120-123, nos. 135-142
2002: Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, List of New Acquisitions. pp. 36-37.