Devious detail of Triumph of Death - Georg Pencz (Germany, c.1539) - TopicsExpress



          

Devious detail of Triumph of Death - Georg Pencz (Germany, c.1539) Death as a skeleton holding a scythe riding a chariot drawn by two bulls to right; dead or dying figures on his path including a king and a pope and bishop; in background a burning city; from a series of six engravings. Inscription Content: Signed with monogram on the tablet at lower centre, numbered there 5 and lettered ‘NASCENTES MORIMUR FINIS QZ AB ORIGINE PENDET/ LONGIUS AUT PROPIUS MORS SUA QUENOZ MANET’. Engraving made by Georg Pencz, Germany, c.15
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:52:27 +0000

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