1525
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
To Bury the Dead is a 1525 ink by Georg Pencz, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows four people outside a castle. One woman stands holding a baby, another woman kneels with a child, and a man stands behind them. The scene looks busy but calm, with a tree and a tower in the background. The artist used lines to show shadows and clothes. This was a common way to make depth in engravings back then. Want to know more? Look up engraving to see how artists carved these details.
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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