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Maker(s):Pencz, Georg
Culture:German (ca. 1500-1550)
Title:Seven Works of Mercy: To Bury the Dead
Date Made:ca. 1534
Type:Print
Materials:Engraving
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 2 3/16 in; 5.55625 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature: recto, upp. r. (printed monogram): PG ; inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed): 7
Accession Number:  MH 2009.8.2g
Credit Line:Gift of Melissa Lord Palmer (Class of 1949)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Bartsch 64. Shrouded body is lowered into a grave at lower center. A man stands in the grave holding shoulders while a woman holds the feet. A man stands in center and looks at the grave. Woman standing to left heavily veiled.

Tags:
religion; Christianity; corpses

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