Martin Schongauer
The Baptism of Christ
1481 or before
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 158 x 159 mm. (6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.5694
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; Claghorn Collection; Christian Rhaban Ruhl (French, died 1875; Lugt 2159)
BMA, Jacobs rotation, 7 July - 22 December 2015.
BMA, "Selected Masterpieces from the Garrett Collection of Prints," October 15-November 15, 1930, cat no 12.
BMA, "Selected Masterpieces from the Garrett Collection of Prints," October 15-November 15, 1930, cat no 12.
Thomas Primeau, 'Connect the Dots,' "Newsletter of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society of the BMA," Fall 2007, Vol. XXV, No. 2, p. 12, ill.
Tom Primeau, 'After Martin Schongauer: The Engraving and Copying Techniques of a Northern Renaissance Master Printmaker and His Followers,' in eds. Jane Colbourne and Reba Fishman Snyder, "Printed on Paper: The Techniques, History and Conservation of Printed Media" (Newcastle upon Tyne UK, Northumbria University: Arts and Social Sciences Academic Press) 14-20, ill. fig. 1, 2, 6, and 8
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate "M+S"
Markings: CM: Christian Rhaban Ruhl (Lugt 2159); Claghorn; Garrett
