The Archangel Gabriel

c. 1490/1491

Martin Schongauer

Associated Names
Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

The image features a full-body engraving of an angel with one hand raised and the other holding a staff. The angel's face and hair are detailed, and a crown made of leaves rests on its head. The robe worn by the angel has voluminous folds, and its wings are textured with feathers. Bare feet are visible underneath the fabric. The background is plain, emphasizing the angelic figure and its attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 2, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1930

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

1959

  • Graphic Art of Durer and Schongauer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1959, no catalogue.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, not in catalogue.

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

Wikidata ID

Q64960195

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