Martin Schongauer

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Martin Schongauer was a pioneering 15th-century German engraver and painter whose highly detailed and influential prints helped shape the development of Northern Renaissance art.

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instanceOf Northern Renaissance artist
engraver
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1491
activeYearsStart circa 1465
artHistoricalReputation pioneering master of Northern Renaissance engraving
artisticSchool Upper Rhenish school
linked to: Nuremberg school
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
dateOfBirth circa 1445
dateOfDeath 1491
ethnicGroup German
father Caspar Schongauer
fieldOfWork engraving
panel painting
genre printmaking
religious art
hasWorkInCollection British Museum
Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
linked to: Kupferstichkabinett

Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
influenced Albrecht Dürer
Northern Renaissance printmaking
influencedBy Early Netherlandish painting
Netherlandish engravers
Rogier van der Weyden
medium copper engraving
oil on panel
movement Northern Renaissance
notableFor highly detailed copper engravings
technical refinement in line engraving
wide dissemination of prints across Europe
notableStudentOrFollower Albrecht Dürer
notableWork Adoration of the Magi altarpiece
Death of the Virgin
Madonna in the Rose Garden
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
occupation engraver
painter
placeOfBirth Alsace
Colmar
placeOfDeath Breisach am Rhein
region Alsace
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Ludwig Schongauer
linked to: Caspar Schongauer
signature M+S monogram
workLocation Colmar
Upper Rhine region

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Old Master prints hasNotableArtist Martin Schongauer
Société Schongauer namedAfter Martin Schongauer
The Torment of Saint Anthony influencedBy Martin Schongauer