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Monogrammist PC
( fl 1524–41). North Netherlandish draughtsman. The monogram, usually read as ‘PC’ but possibly to be interpreted as ‘DC’, appears on a homogeneous group of Leiden school drawings, mostly stained-glass designs in pen and ink. Among these are three series of drawings representing the Seven Acts of Mercy, one group dated 1524, of which six designs survive: Giving Drink to the Thirsty (Paris, Fond. Custodia, Inst. Néer.); the Feeding of the Hungry and the Sheltering of the Pilgrims (both Berlin, Kupferstichkab.); Caring for the Dying and the Burying of the Dead (both Amsterdam, Rijksmus.); and the Freeing of the Prisoners (London, BM). Only one window, after the latter drawing, has survived (Paris, Louvre). Two drawings from the second series, which is dated 1531, are preserved: the Burying of the Dead (Munich, Staatl. Graph. Samml.) and the Feeding of the Hungry (Rotterdam, Mus. Boymans–van Beuningen). Of the third group, dated 1532, three sheets are extant: the Burying of the Dead and Caring for the Dying (both Berlin, Kupferstichkab.) and Freeing of the Prisoners (ex-Holkham Hall, Norfolk). The artist’s draughtsmanship is characterized by vigorous hatching and crosshatching, comparable to the work of Lucas van Leyden and Cornelis Engebrechtsz.
Part of the Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists family
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