Georg Pencz was a German engraver, painter and printmaker who lived from about 1500 to 11 October 1550. He was probably born in Westheim near Bad Windsheim in Franconia and travelled to Nuremberg in 1523, where he joined the atelier of Albrecht Dürer. Like Dürer he visited Italy and was deeply influenced by Venetian art, and 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, and the three were pardoned shortly afterwards.
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He travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier.
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He travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier.
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1500-11 October 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker.
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