Georg Pencz - Sophonisba drinking the poison - C. 1539
Sophonisba drinking the poison; seated in profile to right; at right the messenger bearing the news of the defeat of Carthage. Engraving made by: Georg Pencz, titled and signed PG on the stone block. c.1539
Dimensions: 18,80 x 12,40 cm Artist Name: Georg Pencz (1500-1550) Literature: Landau 1978 / Catalogo completo dell' opera grafica di Georg Pencz (90) ----- Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (134) ----- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.343.82) Medium: Engraving Circa: 1539 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.
Condition: Good early impression of this larger print, on good thin laid paper trimmed on plate border and watermarked (Reichsapfel). Remains of two hinges on the backside of the print.
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Sophonisba drinking the poison; seated in profile to right; at right the messenger bearing the news of the defeat of Carthage. Engraving made by: Georg Pencz, titled and signed PG on the stone block. c.1539
Dimensions: 18,80 x 12,40 cm Artist Name: Georg Pencz (1500-1550) Literature: Landau 1978 / Catalogo completo dell' opera grafica di Georg Pencz (90) ----- Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (134) ----- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.343.82) Medium: Engraving Circa: 1539 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.
Condition: Good early impression of this larger print, on good thin laid paper trimmed on plate border and watermarked (Reichsapfel). Remains of two hinges on the backside of the print.
