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

THE GREAT CRUCIFIXION WITH FOUR ANGELS

Circa 1474 – 1475

Story:

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

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

290×195 mm

Handbooks:

B. VI, 25; L. V, 14; TIB. VIII, 1, 014

Impression in the Museum collections

Watermark:
a small head of a bull with a flower

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-5374

Comments:

the watermark permits to state that the impression was made during Schongauer’s lifetime