The Griffin
c. 1480/1490
Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491
Martin Schongauer
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 10.1 x 9.7 cm (4 x 3 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1951.10.121
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 93, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1951; gift to NGA, 1951.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1956
Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 88, 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 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. 88.
Watermarks
fragment of Gothic P with flower
Wikidata ID
Q65362345