Martin Schongauer

Circa 1450 – 1491
Germany

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ST. MICHAEL FIGHTING THE DRAGON

Circa 1480 – 1488

Sheet from the series “Saints”

Bottom centre: a monogram, M+S

Copperplate engraving

162×113 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Between 1480 and 1488

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

Provenance:

A. Chayanov’s collection;
E. Gurevich’s collection;
in the Museum since 1941

Inv. Г-92347

Comments:

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