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| Artist / Maker | Martin Schongauer |
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| Date | c. 1480/1490 |
| Culture / Origin | German |
| Medium | engraving on laid paper |
| Dimensions | sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 31.3 x 21.2 cm (12 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.) |
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About the Artist
Martin Schongauer (ca. 1450-53, Colmar - 2 February 1491, Breisach) was one of the most skilled and influential graphic artists of Europe in the last quarter of the 15h century. Trained both as an engraver and as a painter, Schongauer started his apprenticeship under his father Caspar Schongauer, a goldsmith from Augsburg. In 1465, he matriculated at the University of Leipzig. After one year, he left his studies, and came back to Colmar. There, he was trained under the painter… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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