Woman with a Wreath of Oak Leaves
Medium
Etching; first state of five (probably first state although the print is cut 3 x 3 mm within the platemark so it cannot be determined with certainty)
Dimensions
Sheet (clipped impression): 4 7/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.2 × 8.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3114
Tags
About the Artist
Martin Schongauer|Wenceslaus Hollar · 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...