Martin SchongauerGerman, 1440–1491De engel Gabriël
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “De engel Gabriël” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
De engel Gabriël met een staf in de hand waaraan een banderol bevestigd is. Pendant van een prent van de Maagd Maria.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-991
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Martin Schongauer
The whole lifec. 1471 – 1491
Twenty years at the head of German engraving
He dominates German engraving for about twenty years: his 116 engravings are known in Germany and Italy, reach England and Spain, and in Italy their maker is nicknamed “Beautiful Martin”; according to Vasari, Michelangelo copied his Temptation of St Anthony.
1488–1490
Hans Burgkmair the Elder in his workshop
Among his pupils is Hans Burgkmair the Elder, the Augsburg painter and designer of woodcuts, who works with him from 1488 to 1490.
June 1489
Recorded as a citizen of Breisach
Records of June 1489 name him a citizen of Breisach, where he is at work on the cathedral murals.
2 February 1491
Died
