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Idleness
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Georg Pencz

Idleness

c. 1541

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Georg Pencz

Idleness

c. 1541

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 83 × 54 mm. (3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "The Seven Deadly Sins"
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.8086
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The Pious & the Profane in Renaissance Prints,' September 23, 1998-January 3, 1999.

Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate monogram "GP"; in image, lower center, in plate "PIGRICIA INULSA SUM OMNIBUS" Verso: center in graphite diamond with "2424"; center in graphite "B.100"; lower center in graphite " [indecipherable] G.G. [indecipherable] / 25244"

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Georg Pencz

German, c. 1500-1550

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