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Apprentices Fighting

probably c. 1480

Martin Schongauer

Associated Names

Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

The image shows two young boys in an action-oriented scene. One boy stands with his left foot against the wall, wearing a long-sleeved tunic, leggings, and long, curly hair. The other boy appears to swing a stick while holding onto the first boy's shoulder or neck. Both boys wear elaborately patterned clothes. Next to them is a stool with objects and a bellows, with a pile of fabric in the corner. The background features plain, textured walls.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.77
Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 87, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1939; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1967

Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 79, repro.

1997

Love and War: A Manual for Life in the Late Middle Ages, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999.

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. 79.

Wikidata ID

Q64960287

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