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Engraving

1475-1485 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Schongauer, Martin (engraver)
Place of origin
Colmar (engraved)

Engraving

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
engraving on laid paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Martin Riester after Martin Schongauer (ca 1450-1491). A censor. Published as plate 108 in 'Oeuvre de Martin Schongauer par Armand-Durand', France, 1881.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 26.2cm
  • Cut to width: 20.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'M+S' in the lower centre of the plate. (The monogram of Martin Schongauer appears at the bottom of the print in the centre. The monogram consists of Schongauer's initials and a goldsmith-like hallmark composed of a small cross plus the crescent from his family's coat of arms. This signature occurs in two forms: a few plates, apparently all done in the early 1470s, have an M with vertical sides; the majority, as in this example, have an M with slanting sides. (The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol.8 Part 1, pg. 1).)
Bibliographic references
  • Jane C. Hutchinson, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 8. Early German Masters, Albrecht Altdorfer and Monogrammists. New York: Abaris Books, 1981, no. 107.
  • Stogden, Nicholas (Ed.)., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. LIX, Ludwig Shongauer to Martin Schongauer, no.108.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
14171

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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