Martin Schongauer

Circa 1450 – 1491
Germany

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ANNUNCIATION

Circa 1480 – 1488

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

155×104 (the top edge and the left edge of the sheet were cut off) mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Before 1491

Watermark:
a Gothic "P"

Provenance:

State Historical Museum;
in the Museum since 1930

Inv. Г-79505

Comments:

according to Lehrs, the impressions with such watermarks were made during Schongauer’s lifetime