1525
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
To House the Pilgrims is a 1525 ink by Georg Pencz, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white engraving shows four people standing on a street. One person in the center holds a small dog, while the others gesture toward them. The background has simple buildings and a few scattered objects on the ground. Sun rays shine down from above, lighting the scene. The text at the top reads like a warning: *"Music has enchanted me."* The artist used fine lines to create shadows and textures, like the folds in the clothes. This style is called cross-hatching. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
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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