Martin Schongauer
German, c. 1450–1491
Born in Colmar; died in Breisach.
Schongauer, the son of a goldsmith, worked in Colmar in Alsace and was both a painter and the most accomplished engraver of fifteenth-century northern Europe. His engravings, more than a hundred, brought a new range of tone and texture to the medium and circulated widely; the young Michelangelo copied his Temptation of Saint Anthony, and Dürer travelled to Colmar hoping to meet him, arriving after his death. His Passion series shows his clear, expressive storytelling.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1470–1487
- Mostly
- Prints
- Movement
- RenaissanceEuropean art from about 1400 to 1600, when painters rediscovered perspective and the classical past.
- Courtesy of
- The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Met
