The Woman with an Owl
Master MZ
after 1512
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet trimmed within platemark: 16.3 × 12.7 cm (6 7/16 × 5 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3702
About the Artist
Master MZ · 1477–1525
The artist known as Master MZ is one of the most accomplished and enigmatic printmakers of the German Renaissance, active around the turn of the sixteenth century. The designation derives from the monogram MZ with which the artist signed a small but technically extraordinary group of engravings, and despite sustained scholarly inquiry, the individual behind these initials has never been conclusive...