Flight into Egypt
Flight into Egypt

Currently not on view

Flight into Egypt,

ca. 1470–75

Martin Schongauer, German, ca. 1430–1491
x1940-90

Information

Title
Flight into Egypt
Dates

ca. 1470–75

Maker
Martin Schongauer
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 24.7 × 16.7 cm (9 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1940-90
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Inscription
Monogram, lower center: M [cross] S
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector Christian David Ginsburg's stamp, verso: (Lugt 1145)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 123.7; Hollstein 7; Lehrs 62.7
Culture
European, German
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
bible stories, men, figures (representations), Christ, Mary

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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