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Georg Pencz
(1500 - 21st Oct, 1550)
Virginius
Credit:
Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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dagger
assassination
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About the artwork
Title:
Virginius
Periods:
16th century
renaissance
Techniques:
engraving (print)
Dimensions:
115 x 74
Inventory number:
L 40 LR80 Recto
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Georg Pencz
Also known as:
Jörg Pentz
Jorg Pentz
Georg Peinz
Georg Pens
Jörg Pencz
Jörg Bencz
Georg Bentz
Georg Pentz
G. Pencz
Georg Penz
Jörg Bentz
Jorg Benz
Jorg Pencz
Jorg Pens
Georg Penez
Jorg Benntz
Georgius Pencz
Jorg Penz
Jorg Prenntz
Born:
1500
Dead:
21st Oct, 1550
Country:
Allemagne
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Georg Pencz
(c. 1500 – 11 October 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker. Pencz was probably born in Westheim near Bad Windsheim/Franconia. He travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier. Like Dürer, he visited Italy and was profoundly influenced by Venetian art; it is believed he worked with Marcantonio Raimondi. In 1525, he was imprisoned with the brothers Barthel Beham and Hans Sebald Beham, the so-called "godless painters", for spreading the radical views…
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