The Letter B, from The Alphabet
Master E.S.
1466–67
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 13.7 × 11.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22653
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, ...