The Author Writing the Layenspiegel; The Trinity and the Virgin at the Upper Center, from Der Neue Layenspiegel
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (26.4 × 18.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of James Clark McGuire, 1930
Accession Number
31.54.3
Tags
MenAngelsVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Tengler|Johann Otmar · 1480–1540
Hans Schäufelein (c. 1480–c. 1540) was a German painter and graphic artist of the Northern Renaissance whose career placed him at the heart of one of the most dynamic artistic environments in European history. As a young man, he entered the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg, an experience that proved decisive: Dürer's meticulous approach to draughtsmanship, his mastery of printmaking, and hi...