A Bishop's Crosier

c. 1475/1480

Martin Schongauer

Associated Names
Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

This is a detailed drawing of an ornate staff or crozier. The top part of the staff features a circular frame with a seated figure holding a smaller figure in their lap within an elaborate archway. The frame is decorated with swirling, ornamental patterns. The handle of the staff has delicate vertical lines and is crowned with a complex structure with carved figures. The drawing demonstrates the artist's skill in detailed, linear drawing typical of the Gothic art style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.8 × 12.7 cm (11 5/16 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 105, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georg Rath [1828-1904], Budapest (Lugt 1206); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Etchings by Martin Schongauer from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, 1930.

1932

  • Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lakeside Press Galleries, Chicago, IL, 1932, no. 13.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 13.

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.

1954

  • Early German Prints, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, 1954.

1955

  • Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, 1955.

1959

  • Engravings of the Master E.S. and Martin Schongauer, University of Kansas Museum, Lawrence, KS, 1959, no. 11.

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 5.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 111, repro.

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

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 Hertzberge

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. 111.

Inscriptions

none

Markings

verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink: Georg Rath (Lugt 1206)

Watermarks

Gothic P with flower and cross-stroke (Lehrs 67)

Wikidata ID

Q64960307

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