Siege of Cartagena | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G3012
People: Georg Pencz, German (Breslau 1500 - 1550 Leipzig)
After Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua)
Title: Siege of Cartagena
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1539
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/278325

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

41.5 × 55.5 cm (16 5/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in design, u.l., on tower: IVLIVS.ROMANVS./INVENTOR.
inscription: in design, bottom, on slate: . GEORGIVS . PENCZ ./. PICTOR . NVRNBERG ./. FACIEBAT . ANNO . M . D ./ . XIXXXIX .

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/vii(+?)
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 86, Landau 93, Hollstein 76

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G3012
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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G3012: Siege of Cartagena