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Heinrich Aldegrever Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Heinrich Aldegrever Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf (1502–1555, 1558 or 1561) was a German painter and engraver.  He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Aldegrever

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Cain and Abel

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Cain and Abel
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1921

Wedding medallion

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Wedding medallion
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1960

Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1941

Design for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Design for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1920

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1956

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1950

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, from "The Story of Joseph"

German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest / The Met

   title: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, from "The Story of Joseph"
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1949

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Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti
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Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively
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Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo
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