Martin Schongauer
The Nativity
c. 1480s
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 158 × 158 mm. (6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
from the series, The Life of the Virgin
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.137
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1943; General Lawrason Riggs; Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Lugt undesc); Henry F. Sewall (American, died c. 1895; Lugt 1309); Carl Schlösser (German, 1827-1884; Lugt 636); Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (German, 1770-1846; Lugt 2529); Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and close to 1631) [ORDER UNCLEAR]
BMA, "German Prints from the Renaissance," 8 February - 31 March, 1977.
Inscribed: lower center in plate: "M+S"
Markings: WM: high crown; CM: Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and close to 1631), Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von nagler (German, 1770-1846; Lugt 2529); Carl Schlösser (German, 1827-1884; Lugt 636), Henry F. Sewall (American, died c. 1895; Lugt 1309); MFA Boston; Lawrason Riggs (American, 1860-1940; Lugt Supp. 1756c)
