Woman with the Owl
Master MZ
1500
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16 × 12.2 cm (6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 16.4 × 12.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.185
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...