Engraving of a round tower with arches, a figure in a hanging basket, a kneeling man pointing up, and men in period dress struggling at right.

Virgil the Magician Hanging in the Basket

A black-line engraving of a circular tower with arched arcades on the left, where a figure rides in a hanging basket above a walled town. In the foreground a kneeling man gestures upward while armed men in tunics and caps crowd at right, grasping a struggling figure. A monogram appears at top right.

Artist: Georg Pencz
Date: 1541/42
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1221 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1542).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer

16th century 1540s 1541 engraving renaissance print crowd tower basket monogram georg pencz magician virgil black and white