Christ Carrying the Cross
Martin Schongauer
ca. 1475–80
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (28.9 × 42.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1935
Accession Number
35.27
Tags
ChristSoldiersDogsCrossBearing the CrossHorses
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...