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Georg Pencz (c. 1500 – 11 October 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker.〔Benz, Toni, ''Der „gottlose“ Maler Georg Pencz'', in den Blättern für fränkische Familienkunde der Gesellschaft für Familienforschung in Franken, Band 33/2010, S. 7 - 60.〕 Pencz was probably born in Westheim near Bad Windsheim/Franconia. He travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier. Like Dürer, he visited Italy and was profoundly influenced by Venetian art; it is believed he worked with Marcantonio Raimondi. In 1525, he was imprisoned with the brothers Barthel Beham and Hans Sebald Beham, the so-called "godless painters", for spreading the radical views of Thomas Müntzer by asserting disbelief in baptism, Christ and transubstantiation. The three were pardoned shortly afterwards and became part of the group known as the "Little Masters" because of their tiny, intricate and influential prints. In Nuremberg, influenced by works he had seen in Italy, Pencz painted a number of ''trompe l'oeil'' ceilings in the houses of patrician families; one, for which a drawing survives, showed workmen raising building materials on a hoist, against an open sky, to create the illusion that the room was still under construction. Around 1539, Pencz briefly returned to Italy, visiting Rome for the first time, returning to Nuremberg in 1540, where he became the city painter and earned his greatest success as a portraitist. As an engraver, he ranks among the best of the German “Little Masters”. Notable prints include ''Six Triumphs of Petrarch'' and ''Life of Christ'' (26 plates). The best of his paintings are portraits, such as ''Portrait of a Young Man '', ''Portrait of Marshal Schirmer'' and ''Portrait of Erhard Schwetzer and his wife''. In 1550, he was named court painter by Albert, Duke of Prussia, but died in Leipzig before arriving at the court of Albert of Prussia.〔AA.VV., ''Alte Pinakothek Munich'', Edition Lipp, Munich, 1986. ISBN 978-3-87490-702-6〕 ==External links== * (Works by Georg Pencz at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ) * (Georg Pencz at Artcyclopedia ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georg Pencz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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