The Baptism of Christ
c. 1480/1490
Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491
Martin Schongauer

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.8 x 15.8 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.32
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 8, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Count Giuseppe Archinto [1783-1861], Milan; Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silésie (Lugt 2669); (sale 176, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2 May 1932, no. 81); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1939; 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.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 76, repro.
1968
Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no 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
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. 76.
Watermarks
bull's head with Saint Anthony's cross
Wikidata ID
Q64960211