The Triumph of Eternity, plate six from The Triumphs of Petrarch
c. 1539
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate/sheet: 15.2 × 21.1 cm (6 × 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77871
Art Historical Context
**The Triumph of Eternity**, plate six from Georg Pencz's seriesThe Triumphs of Petr* (c. 1539), captures the grand finale of a Renaissance allegory inspired by the 14th-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch's *I Trionfi*. This epic poem personifies virtues and forces like Love, Death, Fame, Time, and Eternity in a procession of triumphs, reflecting humanist ideals of the era. Pencz, a Nuremberg engraver and one of the "Little Masters" known for their exquisite small-scale prints, rendered this vision with meticulous detail on a modest 15.2 × 21.1 cm sheet. As an engraving in black on ivory...
About the Artist
Georg Pencz · 1490–1550
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