The First Wise Virgin
1480 · Engraving on paper
12.1 × 8.7 cm (4 13/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Martin Schongauer
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937
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Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younger artist who collected his work. Schongauer is the first German painter to be a significant engraver, although he seems to have had the family background and training in goldsmithing which was usual for early engravers.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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