About the Artwork
Saint Christopher
15th century
Martin Schongauer
1450-1491
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Image: 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 inches (16.2 × 11.4 cm) Sheet (no visible plate mark): 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (16.5 × 11.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1094
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Monogram in plate, lower center
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Watermark, outlined in pencil, verso. Stamped, in blue, verso: W. E. Drugulin (Lugt 2612) Stamped, in blue, verso: Graf F.J. von Enzenberg (Lugt 845) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1887 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
W. E. Drugulin
October 1887, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Martin Schongauer, Saint Christopher, 15th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1094.
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