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Augusta Stylianou Gallery 
Georg Pencz Paintings
Portrait of the Count Palatine Otto Heinrich , detail
» Honor gate of the 12 victorious heroes of the Old Testament ," 1st sheet
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» Honor gate of the 12 victorious heroes of the Old Testament ," 3rd sheet
Bride bride between the two leaders
The envy with its 12 properties
Georg Pencz (c. 1500 – 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker. Pencz travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier. Like Dürer, he visited Italy and was profoundly influenced by Venetian art and 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 of Thomas Müntzer by asserting disbelief in baptism, Christ and transubstantiation. The three were pardoned shortly afterwards and became part of the group known as the "Little Masters" because of their tiny, intricate and influential prints. Around 1539, Pencz briefly returned to Italy, visiting Rome for the first time, later to return to Nuremberg in 1540, where he became the city painter and earned his greatest success as a portraitist. As an engraver, he ranks among the best of the German “Little Masters”. Notable prints include Six Triumphs of Petrarch and Life of Christ (26 plates). The best of his paintings are portraits, such as Portrait of a Young Man , Portrait of Marshal Schirmer and Portrait of Erhard Schwetzer and his wife. In 1550, he was named court painter by Albert, Duke of Prussia, but died before arriving at the court. From Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ==--==--==
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