The Good Samaritan, 1543

  • Georg Pencz, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 7/8 × 4 1/2 inches (7.3 × 11.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S859

Signed and dated, in plate, upper right: [artist's monogram] 1543

Stamps, in black, verso: Graphische Sammlung, Munich (Lugt 1614 and 2397) Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Graphische Sammlung (Munich, Germany)

May 1889, Hess (Munich, Germany). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Georg Pencz, The Good Samaritan, 1543, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S859.