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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1845,0809.261
Description
The Tribulations of St Antony; the saint is in mid-air, tormented by demons. c.1469-73 Engraving; the sheet is in bad condition and has been made up in pen and ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Martin Schongauer
School/style
German
Production date
1469-1473
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
312 millimetres
Width:
230 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Stogdon notes that impressions of the first state of this print are watermarked with paper used 1469-73 (see Hollstein Introduction). A similar impression of this print was issued as a black and white facsimile by the British Museum in 'Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Reproduced by Photographic Process', [First Series] Part III (German Prints), Published by the Trustees in 1884, where it was number XXVII and described there as 'Martin Schongauer. About 1470 - 1488.'; (Shelfmark 245*.b.14). The lettering along the bottom edge of the print was reversed to read 'M S &'.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(54.II)
Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert
(V.243.54.II)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VI.140.47)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
devil/demon
Associated names
Representation of:
St Antony of Egypt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edmé Antoine Durand
(Lugt 741)
Acquisition date
1845
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1845,0809.261