Rare-Antique Master Print-ABRAHAM AND THE ANGELS-Pencz-c.1543

Abraham and the three angels.

Made by Georg Pencz after own design.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 8.7 x 5.4 cm (3.43 x 2.13 inch). Image size: 8.6 x 5.2 cm. (3.39 x 2.05 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Short margins as usual. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ABRAHAM AND THE ANGELS | PCO-EXPO-294

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a series of 5: The story of Abraham.

Reference: B.321.

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Biography engraver: Georg Pencz (c.1500-1550) was a German panter, engraver and designer of woodcuts, one of the little Masters. Together with Sebald and Barthel Beham Pencz he was banished in 1525 from Nuremberg for his radical political views / atheism.