Martin Schongauer

(1440–1491) tysk målare och gravör

Martin Schongauer (1440–1491) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Martin Schongauer belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Martin Schongauer was born in Colmar and died in Breisach. Martin Schongauer trained at Leipzig University. Martin Schongauer worked in Nuremberg.

One of the best-known works is ‘Madonna of the Rose Bower’. The catalogue has 102 works by Martin Schongauer with free images. The dated works span the years 1450–1500. Works by Martin Schongauer are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Unterlinden Museum, National Gallery of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Matthäus Roritzer, Antonio Rizzo, Bartolomé Bermejo, Alvise Vivarini, and Vittorio Crivelli.

• The Renaissance
• Madonna of the Rose Bower