id: 106123 accession number: 1924.224 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.224 updated: 2022-09-22 09:14:40 Virgin and Child with an Apple, c. 1475. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450–1491). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1924.224 title: Virgin and Child with an Apple title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1475 creation date earliest: 1470 creation date latest: 1480 current location: creditline: Gift of Ralph King copyright: --- culture: Germany, 15th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Lehrs V.195.39 --- CREATORS * Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450–1491) - artist Martin Schongauer (ca. 1450-53, Colmar - 2 February 1491, Breisach) was one of the most skilled and influential graphic artists of Europe in the last quarter of the 15h century. Trained both as an engraver and as a painter, Schongauer started his apprenticeship under his father Caspar Schongauer, a goldsmith from Augsburg. In 1465, he matriculated at the University of Leipzig. After one year, he left his studies, and came back to Colmar. There, he was trained under the painter Caspar Isenmann, between 1466 and 1469. Schongauer later traveled down to the Rhine, Cologne, Burgundy, the Netherlands, and he likely visited Spain. In 1489, he became a citizen of Breisach, where he died probably of the plague in 1491. Only a few of Schongauer's paintings survive. Among these is the Madonna in the Rose Garden for the Church of Saint Martin in Colmar (1473), which betrays Schongauer's admiration for the works by the Netherlandish painter Roger Van der Weyden. The bulk of Schongauer's engravings is more conspicuous: 116 prints, none of them dated, but all marked by his monogram M+S. Characterized by exquisite cross-hatching and impeccable craftsmanship, Schongauer's engravings were widely imitated by the German printmakers Ishrael van Meckenem and Albrecht Durer, as well as by Italian artists, such as Cristoforo Robetta and Nicoletto da Modena. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections opening date: 1924-06-23T04:00:00 Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art (June 23-October 23, 1924). title: Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century opening date: 1933-11-29T05:00:00 Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29, 1933-January 3, 1934). title: 15th Century German and Netherlands Prints from the Museum Collection opening date: 1935-10-11T05:00:00 15th Century German and Netherlands Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11-28, 1935). title: Seasonal Prints from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-12-09T05:00:00 Seasonal Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 9, 1937-February 27, 1938). title: 15th Century German Engravings opening date: 1938-11-15T05:00:00 15th Century German Engravings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 15-December 11, 1938). title: Portrait of Madonna opening date: 1960-11-15T05:00:00 Portrait of Madonna. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (November 15-December 31, 1960). title: Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints opening date: 1987-06-02T04:00:00 Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987). title: Conserving the Past for the Future opening date: 2001-03-04T00:00:00 Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The apple held by the child alludes to Mary as the "New Eve." digital description: This engraving shows the Virgin and Child on a little mound of earth, resembling a sculpture on a pedestal. The apple held by the infant alludes to the Virgin's status in Catholic theology as the "New Eve," who, by birthing the son of God participated in the possibility of the redemption of humankind from the stain of Eve's original sin. This print, alongside the one of Saint Martin (1924.509) and Saint John the Baptist (1924.510), belong to a series of standing holy figures, never completed by Martin Schongauer, and characterized by isolation of the subject against a blank background. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. page number: Reproduced: p. 40 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n42 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 4 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n52 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.224/1924.224_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.224/1924.224_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.224/1924.224_full.tif