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Georg Pencz (c. 1500 – 11 October 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker.[1]

Pencz was probably born in Westheim near Bad Windsheim/Franconia. He travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier. Like Dürer, he visited Italy and was profoundly influenced by Venetian art; it is believed he worked with Marcantonio Raimondi. In 1525, he was imprisoned with the brothers Barthel Beham and Hans Sebald Beham, the so-called "godless painters", for spreading the radical views of Thomas Müntzer by asserting disbelief in baptism, Christ, and transubstantiation. The three were pardoned shortly afterwards and became part of the group known as the "Little Masters" because of their tiny, intricate, and influential prints.

In Nuremberg, influenced by works he had seen in Italy, Pencz painted a number of trompe-l'œil ceilings in the houses of patrician families; one, for which a drawing survives, showed workmen raising building materials on a hoist, against an open sky, to create the illusion that the room was still under construction.[2]

Around 1539, Pencz briefly returned to Italy, visiting Rome for the first time, returning to Nuremberg in 1540, where he became the city painter and earned his greatest success as a portraitist. As an engraver, he ranks among the best of the German “Little Masters”. Notable prints include Six Triumphs of Petrarch and Life of Christ (26 plates). The best of his paintings are portraits, such as Portrait of a Young Man, Portrait of Marshal Schirmer, and Portrait of Erhard Schwetzer and his wife.

In 1550, he was named court painter by Albert, Duke of Prussia, but died in Leipzig before arriving at the court.[3]

Legacy: Nazi looting and restitution

In March 1939, the Nazi Gestapo seized Pencz's "Young Couple in a Landscape" from the home of Arthur Feldmann, a Jewish collector who was murdered in the Holocaust. The Pencz was sold at Sotheby’s in 1946. The art collector Rosi Schilling donated it to the British Museum, which settled a Nazi spoliation claim from Feldmann's grandson in 2013.[4]

External links

• Works by Georg Pencz at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• Georg Pencz at Artcyclopedia

References

На других языках

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[de] Georg Pencz

Georg Pencz (auch Jörg Pentz, Benntz, Bentz, Benz usw.; * um 1500 wahrscheinlich in Westheim bei Bad Windsheim; † um den 11. Oktober 1550 sehr wahrscheinlich in Breslau) war ein bedeutender Maler, Zeichner und Kupferstecher des Manierismus und wird mit den beiden Brüdern Beham der Gruppe der Nürnberger Kleinmeister zugerechnet.[1]

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- [en] Georg Pencz

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[es] Georg Pencz

Georg Pencz (¿Westheim, cerca de Bad Windsheim, Baviera?, h. 1500 - Breslavia (Wrocław), 1550) fue un pintor y grabador alemán del siglo XVI.[1]

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[fr] Georg Pencz

Georg Pencz, ou Jörg Pencz, né probablement à Westheim près de Bad Windsheim vers 1500 et mort très probablement à Wrocław vers le 11 octobre 1550[1], est un peintre, dessinateur et graveur allemand de style maniériste et faisant partie des Petits maîtres allemands[2].

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[it] Georg Pencz

Georg Pencz (1500 circa – Lipsia, 1550) è stato un pittore e incisore tedesco.

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[ru] Пенц, Георг

Георг Пенц (нем. Georg Pencz, 1500—1550) — немецкий живописец, гравер.

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