The Flight into Egypt

c. 1470/1475

Martin Schongauer

Associated Names
Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

This is a drawing of a scene in a wooded area featuring elaborate vegetation and an animal. The drawing features intricate detailing of a lush landscape with abundant tall trees and verdant leaves. In the foreground, there is an animal beneath a seated woman holding a child on its back. A cloaked figure stands next to them. Above them, a canopy of diverse plants forms an arch. The use of line work and shading creates various textures throughout the composition, giving depth to the greenery, fabric, and ground. This is in the style of Albrecht Dürer, showcasing fine linear details and narrative intricacy typical of his engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 25.7 x 16.9 cm (10 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 7, State only

  • Series Title

    Life of the Virgin [Lehrs 5-7, 16]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1940; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1953

  • Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953, no catalogue.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1958

  • Christmas Prints (gift of W.G. Russell Allen and from the Rosenwald Collection), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958-1959, no catalogue.

1960

  • Gothic to Baroque, Allentown Art Museum, 1960, no. 79.

1964

  • Christmas Card Subjects from the Graphic Arts Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1964-1965, no catalogue.

1965

  • Christmas Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965-1966, no catalogue.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 40, repro.

1968

  • Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no catalogue.

1971

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 18, repro.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997, no catalogue.

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no catalogue.

2019

  • Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2019-2021 (shown only in Washington), figs. 106, 111, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no.7

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 40.

2019

  • Dickerson, C.D., III, and McDonald, Mark P.Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, 2019-2020: 127, 132-133 (fig. 106, 111).

Inscriptions

lower center, in plate: M + S [artist's monogram]; on verso at bottom, in later hand, in graphite: B7

Markings

none

Watermarks

profile head (Lehrs 71)

Wikidata ID

Q64960206

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