Man of Sorrows between Mary and John

Martin Schongauerca. 1470-1475

Details

Title: Man of Sorrows between Mary and John
Creator: Martin Schongauer
Date Created: ca. 1470-1475
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate: monogram
Print State: Second state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1952
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on paper shaped to the arched top. Watermark: Gothic P
Keywords: Bible, Jesus, Madonna, New Testament, religions, religious art, saints
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Extremely rare; only about 30 impressions known, in 2 states
Bibliography: Bartsch 69; Lehrs no. 34; L.V. 173.34; per catalogue (forthcoming as of February 2013) for Cummer Museum exhibition to which this DAC impression was lent, title updated from prior DAC "Christ as Man of Sorrows with the Madonna and St. John" to "Man of Sorrows between Mary and John," and date revised from ca. 1470 to ca. 1470–1475 (per Kemperdick, work in Till-Holger Borchert, and other recent work)
Associated People: Created by Martin Schongauer (Alsatian (German), ca. 1430 - 1491)
Accession Number: 1952.D1.8

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