1539
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Triumph of Death is a 1539 ink by Georg Pencz, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a dark scene with many figures. It's an engraving with lots of details. The artist used shading to create depth, which is interesting because it was a new technique at the time, and this was done using a method called cross-hatching, where many small lines are drawn close together to create shade and texture. To learn more about this style, look up the technique: engraving.
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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