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Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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ALBINI — ALDEGRE VER. 19
of the Caracci. He made designs for the funeral ceremonies of
Agostino Caracci, which greatly added to his reputation. At Bo-
logna there is a picture by this master in the ch. of S. Michele in
Bosco, representing the “ Sepulture of SS. Valerian and Tiburtius,”
and another in S. Pietro Martire, representing SS. Peter, Cather-
ine, and Cecilia.
Alcamenes, born at Athens, scholar of Phidias, perhaps of
Critias also. Brass-caster, sculptor, toreutes, and cleruchos in Lem-
nos. He flourished from 444 to 400 B. c. His chief productions
were images of the gods. Among these were two statues of Athene,
one of which, after the expulsion of the thirty tyrants by Thrasybu-
lus, was placed in the temple of Hercules at Thebes, together with
a colossal statue of Hercules by the same sculptor (403 b. c.) ; a
three-formed Hecate (the first of its kind), and a Procne in the
Acropolis at Athens ; a statue of Mars in the temple of that god at
Athens; the Battle of the Centaurs and Lapithae upon the western
pediment of the temple at Olympia ; an Aesculapius at Mantineia ; a
bronze statue of the victor in the Pentathlon; and a statue of
Hephaestus which represented his lameness without making it a
deformity. But the most renowned of all his works was his “ Venus,”,
called from where it was set up,'h eL ktjttoisThe breasts,
hands, and cheeks were particularly admired ; and it was said that
Phidias put the finishing touches to this work. Some suppose that
this was the statue which took the prize from that of Agoracritus.
There is also a story that Alcamenes and Phidias contended in mak-
ing a statue of Athene, and that before they were set up that of the
pupil was most admired for its beautiful finish, but when they were
in place the strong lines of that of the master were so effective that
the Athenians gave him the preference.
f Aldegrever, Heinrich, born at Soest in Westphalia,
/qA (1502-1562). As a painter he is less important than as an
' engraver. His style so closely resembles that of Albert
Durer that he has been called Albert of Westphalia. His works show
untiring labor, but his figures are often deformed and even hideous.
In the Berlin Gall., a picture by him of the “Last Judgment” is
very peculiar, especially in the upper part where Christ, the Virgin,
and John the Baptist, are represented ; the trumpet-angels and the
demons among the damned are worthy of notice, and in fact the
whole picture is very striking. In the National Gall., London, there
is a “ Crucifixion” by Aldegrever. In the Berlin Mus. there is a por-
trait of an old man, and in the Lichtenstein Gall, at Vienna one of
a youth, which is clever. His prints are numerous. Among the por-
traits, those of Luther, Melanchthon, John of Leyden, and Bernard
Knipperdolling, deserve notice. Of historical and religious subjects
there are no less than one hundred and thirty-nine well-known
plates. In one of Titus Manlius, ordering the execution of Ins son,
of the Caracci. He made designs for the funeral ceremonies of
Agostino Caracci, which greatly added to his reputation. At Bo-
logna there is a picture by this master in the ch. of S. Michele in
Bosco, representing the “ Sepulture of SS. Valerian and Tiburtius,”
and another in S. Pietro Martire, representing SS. Peter, Cather-
ine, and Cecilia.
Alcamenes, born at Athens, scholar of Phidias, perhaps of
Critias also. Brass-caster, sculptor, toreutes, and cleruchos in Lem-
nos. He flourished from 444 to 400 B. c. His chief productions
were images of the gods. Among these were two statues of Athene,
one of which, after the expulsion of the thirty tyrants by Thrasybu-
lus, was placed in the temple of Hercules at Thebes, together with
a colossal statue of Hercules by the same sculptor (403 b. c.) ; a
three-formed Hecate (the first of its kind), and a Procne in the
Acropolis at Athens ; a statue of Mars in the temple of that god at
Athens; the Battle of the Centaurs and Lapithae upon the western
pediment of the temple at Olympia ; an Aesculapius at Mantineia ; a
bronze statue of the victor in the Pentathlon; and a statue of
Hephaestus which represented his lameness without making it a
deformity. But the most renowned of all his works was his “ Venus,”,
called from where it was set up,'h eL ktjttoisThe breasts,
hands, and cheeks were particularly admired ; and it was said that
Phidias put the finishing touches to this work. Some suppose that
this was the statue which took the prize from that of Agoracritus.
There is also a story that Alcamenes and Phidias contended in mak-
ing a statue of Athene, and that before they were set up that of the
pupil was most admired for its beautiful finish, but when they were
in place the strong lines of that of the master were so effective that
the Athenians gave him the preference.
f Aldegrever, Heinrich, born at Soest in Westphalia,
/qA (1502-1562). As a painter he is less important than as an
' engraver. His style so closely resembles that of Albert
Durer that he has been called Albert of Westphalia. His works show
untiring labor, but his figures are often deformed and even hideous.
In the Berlin Gall., a picture by him of the “Last Judgment” is
very peculiar, especially in the upper part where Christ, the Virgin,
and John the Baptist, are represented ; the trumpet-angels and the
demons among the damned are worthy of notice, and in fact the
whole picture is very striking. In the National Gall., London, there
is a “ Crucifixion” by Aldegrever. In the Berlin Mus. there is a por-
trait of an old man, and in the Lichtenstein Gall, at Vienna one of
a youth, which is clever. His prints are numerous. Among the por-
traits, those of Luther, Melanchthon, John of Leyden, and Bernard
Knipperdolling, deserve notice. Of historical and religious subjects
there are no less than one hundred and thirty-nine well-known
plates. In one of Titus Manlius, ordering the execution of Ins son,