GEORG PENCZ (1500-1550)

Georg Pencz (1500-1550) - Regulus in nail studded barrel / Description: Heroes from Roman history: Attilius Regulus; placed in a nail-studded barrel at left, about to be rolled down a hill by the Carthaginian soldiers and generals at right; from a series of four engravings. 1535. Signed with monogram PG and dated 1535 on a tablet at lower left and lettered there: 'REGULUS' --- Engraving made by: Georg Pencz. Two collection marks on the backside. / Dimensions: 11,50 x 7,50 cm A very good impression with full plate border and tread margins on fine laid paper from the period. Removed from collection sheet with some fragments of glue remains on the backside. Early impression with still some ink in the plate border. / Literature: Landau 1978 / Catalogo completo dell' opera grafica di Georg Pencz (85) --- Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (129) --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.342.77)