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PENCZ, Georg (ca. 1500–1550)
The Triumph of Love, from the Six Triumphs of Petrarch
- Medium
- Engraving, ca. 1539
- Catalogue reference
- Landau 116, only state, a of b with the guide-lines still showing clearly in the inscription
- Provenance
- Albertina duplicate (Lugt 5e, 5h) : Helmut Rumbler (pencil insription on mount)
- Condition
- A brilliant, rich impression, trimmed on the platemark all round. Inconspicuous small repairs in the upper right corner, a thin lower right corner, generally in very good condition. With hand-corrections to two letters in the inscription, as are also visible in Landau’s illustrated example.
- Size
- 151 × 209mm
- Additional notes
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Landau posits a connection between the frieze-like compositions of Pencz’s Triumphs and the monochrome decorations then fashionable on Roman house facades, where the horizontal architectural constraints made processions and triumphs an appropriate theme.
- Price
- $1,500 USD