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Martin Schongauer
The Virgin of the Annuciation, between 1490 and 1491
engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
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Artist Martin Schongauer, German, 1450-1491
Title
  • The Virgin of the Annuciation
  • Madonna (alternate title)
Date between 1490 and 1491
Medium engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (17.1 × 10.8 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number 09.1S1092
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Signed Signed, in plate, lower center: [artist's monogram]
Marks Watermark, outlined in pencil, verso.
Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [notations]
April 1885, (H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)