Martin Schongauer

Circa 1450 – 1491
Germany

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Religious genre

DORMITION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN

Circa 1480 – 1488

Story:

"The Golden Legend" ("Legenda Aurea")

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

255×168 mm

Handbooks:

B. VI, 33; L. V, 16; TIB. VIII, 1, 016

Impression in the Museum collections

Between 1480 and 1488

No watermark

Provenance:

an Antiquarian Burdanov’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2523

Comments:

from the condition of the plate, the impression can be classified as an early one