Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1561) - Lot and his family freeing from Sodom.

Lot and his family freeing from Sodom; Lot guided by the angel at left; the daughters and wife carrying their possessions at right.
Third engraving from a series of four, depicting the story of Lot.

Aldegrever (1502-1561)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. Over the past few years, artists like Aldegrever or Beham have gained much-increased interest in the art market.

Reference:
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (14)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.368.14)
British Museum: 1848,0212.63

Condition:
A very good dark and well-balanced impression on 16th-century laid paper. Trimmed to the plate mark. With some old glue marks on verso, not visible on front.

Provenance:
Old unidentified collector's mark (circle with a geometric figure, not in Lugt).