Martin Schongauer – Family of Pigs, c. 1480/1490

Martin Schongauer – Family of Pigs, c. 1480/1490

Artist : Martin Schongauer (artist) German, c. 1450 – 1491

Dimentions : sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 6.6 x 9.4 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance : Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London and Fonthill (Lugt 151); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA,1943.

Bibliography : 1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1967
Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 89.