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Couple embracing

Couple embracing
 1538
from The set of large wedding dancers series, 1538

Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.7 × 7.8 cm (plate) 11.8 × 8.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 165 (vol. 16, p. 209); Hollstein vol. I p. 70
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 6
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 1538 / AG (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: B165
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse l.r.: 53047
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.c.: Les Danseurs de Noce / Heinrich Aldegrever / "The Wedding Dancers"
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: m/5/□
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet: l.l.: 1075
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet l.r.: R.S. 1075 (in a circle)
stamped in purple ink on larger backing sheet: NATIONAL / OF VIC (incomplete (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.570-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
couples embracing sleeves (costume) swords wedding clothes weddings (ceremonies) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance