1535
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Tyrants of the Old Testament: Saul is a 1535 by Georg Pencz, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a bearded man in fancy robes. He’s holding a bundle of sticks or arrows, and his head is crowned with a leafy wreath. His face looks serious, almost worried, and the lines in the drawing are sharp, with lots of swirls and patterns on his clothes. The leafy crown and sticks might hint at a story about power or punishment. The artist used strong lines and shadows to make the figure stand out. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how light and dark create drama in art.
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…
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