Martin Schongauer

Circa 1450 – 1491
Germany

CHRIST IN FRONT OF CAIAPHAS

Circa 1473 – 1489

Sheet 3 from the series “The Passion”

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

167×118, 163×114 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Before 1491

Watermark:
a small head of a bull with a flower

Provenance:

Antiques;
in the Museum since 1937

Inv. Г-112067

Comments:

the plate is worn.

Lehrs named this sheet is named Christ in front of Annas. He considers that the impressions with such watermarks were made during Schongauer’s lifetime