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Object Type
print
Museum number
1845,0809.1272
Title
Series:
The triumphs of Petrarch
Description
The triumph of eternity; Christ with the flag of the Resurrection standing on the symbols of the evangelists at left, surrounded by prophets seated on clouds; in the landscape below death and raging fires; from a series of six engravings. c.1539 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Georg Pencz
School/style
German
Production date
1539
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
152 millimetres
Width:
210 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression of the first state, see E,4.270. See also Curatorial Comment for 1845,0809.1267.
Bibliographic references
Landau 1978 / Catalogo completo dell' opera grafica di Georg Pencz
(121.I)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(102.I)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VIII.358.122)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
procession
allegory/personification
religion/belief
Associated names
Illustration to:
Petrarch
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Death
Associated with:
Evangelists
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Giuseppe Storck
(Inscribed on verso in brown ink: 'G. Storck a Milano 1799/ In. No. 9405 H 6.Sp.')
Acquisition date
1845
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1845,0809.1272