Young Woman Wearing a Scarf
Martin Schongauer
1401 to 1500
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 10.3 x 6.9 cm (4 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift (Partial and Promised) of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder
Accession Number
1982.56.1
About the Artist
Martin Schongauer · 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...