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Maker(s):Pencz, Georg
Culture:German (ca. 1500-1550)
Title:Seven Works of Mercy: To Give Drink to the Thirsty
Date Made:ca. 1534
Type:Print
Materials:Engraving
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 2 3/16 in; 5.55625 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature: recto, ctr. r. (printed monogram): PG ; inscription: recto, upp. ctr. (printed): IR. HABT. MICH. / GENDRENCKT [illegible] 2
Accession Number:  MH 2009.8.2c
Credit Line:Gift of Melissa Lord Palmer (Class of 1949)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Seated figure with halo to right accepts a mug from a central standing male figure. Behind him to right stands a man and a woman. The man gestures to seated figure and the woman holds a pitcher.

Tags:
religion; Christianity; drinking

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