Portrait of a Man with Beard
1533 | Georg Pencz
Pencz is first documented in 1523, when he became citizen of the city of Nuremberg. As an advocate of the Reformation he was accused of heresy and in 1524 was banned from Nuremberg. He was able to return, however, following a journey to Italy and was appointed city painter in 1532. In his historical and mythological paintings, portraits and copperplate engravings, Pencz unites Renaissance influences from both north and south of the Alps.
Pencz is first documented in 1523, when he became citizen of the city of Nuremberg. As an advocate of the Reformation he was accused of heresy and in 1524 was banned from Nuremberg. He was able to return, however, following a journey to Italy and was appointed city painter in 1532. In his historical and mythological paintings, portraits and copperplate engravings, Pencz unites Renaissance influences from both north and south of the Alps.
Artist:
Georg Pencz (um 1500 - 1550 Breslau oder Leipzig) DNB
Time:
1533
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
51 cm × 41,5 cm
Framed: 63,5 cm × 55 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed with the monogram GP at upper left, remains of the year: .5.3 (1533)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 874
Provenance
1685 Prague; 1783 documented in the gallery
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