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Martin Schongauer

The Betrayal and Capture of Christ, c. 1480

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series Title

Twelve Scenes Illustrating Christ's Passion [Lehrs 19-30]

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.6 x 11.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 20, State only

Accession Number

1941.1.44

Artists / Makers

Martin Schongauer (artist) German, c. 1450 - 1491

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Exhibition History

1983: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

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

1985: Snyder, James E. Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350-1575. New York, 1985: 284, fig. 291.

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