Werken van barmhartigheid

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plaatrand: diameter 56 mm

Art Historical Context

**Werken van Barmhartigheid** *Georg Pencz, 1534* *Engraving, diameter 56 mm* Behold Georg Pencz's exquisite engraving *Werken van Barmigheid* (Works of Mercy), a compact from 1534 measuring just 56 mm in diameter. This circular print, titled in Dutch, illustrates the Christian Seven Acts of Mercy—deeds of charity like feeding the hungry and clothing the naked—central to Catholic teachings on compassion. Pencz, a leading figure among the Nuremberg Little Masters, crafted this during the Northern Renaissance, a time when printmaking flourished in Germany as an accessible medium for spreadi...

About the Artist

Georg Pencz · 1490–1550

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