_Heinrich Aldegrever_ (Westphalian: about 1502-1555).
"Aldegrever is a son of the Renaissance, but he has not
altogether escaped the old Franconian stiffness and
provincialism.... His real strength is in engraving.... He
worked also as a goldsmith, and his ornamental designs are
numerous. We also know of a small number of woodcuts by him"
(_Woltmann_, ii. 234). His pictures are very rare. The flower
and ring which figure in the best known portrait by him at
Vienna are again met with here, but this picture is less stiff
and formal than that.