1525
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Music is a 1525 ink by Georg Pencz, a Renaissance work, depicting Saint Cecilia, held at National Gallery of Art.
Georg Pencz carved a crowded room where people play lutes, flutes, and drums. Strings and pipes crisscross the scene. One man sings while another taps a tambourine. Cross-hatching makes the shadows deep and the light sharp, like a sketch lit by candle glow. The crowd leans in, some feet tapping, others lost in song. Notice the sheet music on the table. It shows notes that match the players’ instruments. Look next at Georg Pencz’s other engravings.
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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