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Facts

Also Known As Hübsch Martin • Schön Martin • Hipsch Martin
Born 1445 or 1450 • Colmar • France
Died February 2, 1491 • Breisach • Germany
Movement / Style Late Gothic art

Photos

Schongauer, Martin; Virgin and Child
Death of the Virgin, engraving on laid paper sheet by Martin Schongauer, c. 1470/75; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 26.1 × 17.2 cm.
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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
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Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
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Master E.S.
German engraver
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
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Georges Rouault
French artist
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Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
James Tissot: Saint Jude
James Tissot
French artist
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
Max Klinger
German artist
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Alfred Rethel
German artist
“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Otto Dix
German artist
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Adam Friedrich Oeser
painter, sculptor, and engraver
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
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Jakob Christof Le Blon
painter and engraver
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Hans Holbein, the Elder
German painter

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