Bust of a Man in a Hat Gazing Upward

1473·Pen and carbon black ink, over pen and brown ink, on paper prepared with sanguine wash.·5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13 x 9.6 cm)

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Catalogue

Year: 1473
Medium: Pen and carbon black ink, over pen and brown ink, on paper prepared with sanguine wash.
Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13 x 9.6 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Martin Schongauer

Artist

Martin Schongauer

Painting

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.

Colmar, France

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