Martin Schongauer

Circa 1450 – 1491
Germany

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Gospel According to John, Gospel According to Mark, Gospel According to Matthew, Gospel According to Luke, Religious genre

CRUCIFIXION

Circa 1473 – 1489

Sheet 9 from the series “The Passion”

Story:

Gospels according to Matthew 27; to Mark 15; to Luke 23; to John 19

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

163×117, 162×115 mm

Handbooks:

B. VI, 17; L. V, 27; TIB. VIII, 1, 027

Impression in the Museum collections

Before 1491

Watermark:
unclear, because the sheet is mounted on dense paper

Provenance:

N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-5372

Comments:

the plate is worn