The Baptism of Christ from a set of The Passion
Medium
Wool, silk, metal thread (20 warp threads per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions
39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (100.3 x 75.6 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
German, Alsace, possibly Strasbourg
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911
Accession Number
11.148.4
Tags
About the Artist
Martin Schongauer|Unidentified Weaver's Mark|Unidentified Weaver's Mark · 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...