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Artist/Maker
Georg Pencz
(German, 1500 - 1550)
Date1543 (printed posthumously)
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 7 7/16 in. (13.3 × 18.9 cm)
Sheet (trimmed): 5 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13.5 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Scott, Class of 1981
Object number2009.5.4
On view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance
2009: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Michael Scott;
1983 - 2009: Michael Scott, purchased at auction from Christie's.
1983 - 2009: Michael Scott, purchased at auction from Christie's.
Markings
Collector's stamp (black square with black border) on verso at lower left in black ink: ACHENBACH / FOUNDATION / FOR / GRAPHIC ARTS; collector's stamp (black square stamp with black border) on verso at lower left in black ink [upside down]: ACHENBACH / FOUNDATION / FOR / GRAPHIC ARTS / DUPLICATE
Signature
Artist's monogram with date in plate at upper right: 15 PG[entwined] 43
Inscribed
Inscribed with artist's monogram and date in plate at upper left: ACHILLEM, HVCNC, MA / GISTRO, SVO, CHIRCONE; in pencil on verso at lower left: 1963.30.772
Jan Georg van Vliet
Date: 1635
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1928.23
Stanley William Hayter
Date: 1953
Medium: Color engraving and soft-ground etching
Object number: 1984.149
Giorgio Ghisi
Date: c. 1540 (printed later)
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1992.51
Stanley William Hayter
Date: 1943
Medium: Engraving and soft ground etching
Object number: 1989.20
Crispijn de Passe, the elder
Date: unknown
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1928.21