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The artwork shows a person standing upright. The individual has a youthful face with round features and short, curly hair under a tall mitre. They wear ecclesiastical robes with intricate details like a cross around the neck. They hold a crosier in the left hand and raise the right hand with two fingers extended. There is no visible jewelry. The background is a simple, unadorned surface resembling a wooden or tile floor, with a blank wall behind, emphasizing the figure.
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The artwork shows a person standing upright. The individual has a youthful face with round features and short, curly hair under a tall mitre. They wear ecclesiastical robes with intricate details like a cross around the neck. They hold a crosier in the left hand and raise the right hand with two fingers extended. There is no visible jewelry. The background is a simple, unadorned surface resembling a wooden or tile floor, with a blank wall behind, emphasizing the figure.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bishop

Martin Schongauer

Date
c. 1480/1490
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 8.8 × 6 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1958.8.151
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Male figure
  • Costume
Provenance

Atherton Curtis [1863-1943], Paris; (sale 78, Gutekunst und Klipstein, Bern, 28 April 1955, no. 139); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1955; gift to NGA, 1958.

NGA object ID 45796. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.