Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Master E.S.
c. 1450/1460
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14.7 × 10.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.193
About the Artist
Master E.S. · 1450–1467
Master E.S. was a pioneering German engraver active in the middle decades of the fifteenth century, known only by the monogram with which he signed a number of his prints. His precise identity — name, birthplace, and biography — remains unknown, but his signed works, along with a larger group of prints attributed to him on stylistic grounds, place his activity primarily in the Upper Rhine region, ...