Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St. John
Martin Schongauer
1469–72
Medium
Engraving; first state
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (21.2 × 16.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.516.1
Tags
ChristVirgin MarySaint John the Baptist
About the Artist
Martin Schongauer · 1435–1491
Martin Schongauer, born around 1450–1453 in Colmar, Alsace, emerged from a family of skilled artisans. The third of four or five sons of goldsmith Caspar Schongauer, who had relocated from Augsburg to Colmar around 1440, Martin was immersed in the goldsmith's trade from youth, likely receiving his initial training in his father's workshop—a common path for early engravers. He further honed his ski...