Thetis and Chiron
Thetis and Chiron

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Thetis and Chiron,

1543

Georg Pencz, German, ca. 1500–1550
2006-45

Information

Title
Thetis and Chiron
Dates

1543

Maker
Georg Pencz
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 13.8 x 18.9 cm. (5 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
sheet: 14.7 x 19.4 cm. (5 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund, in honor of Al Acres

Object Number
2006-45
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Inscription

Inscribed, monogram, and dated in plate, upper right corner: ACHILLEM HVCNC MA / GISTRO SVO CHIRCONE / 15 PG 43

Reference Numbers
Bartsch 347.90; Hollstein 119
Culture
European, German
Type
prints, engravings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
caves, men, figures (representations), women, Greek mythology

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