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Saint George and the Dragon

Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
about 1480–90

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 5.9 x 7.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Number23.891
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 050; Lehrs 57 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 57 (I/I)
State I/I
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks No watermark; collector's stamp in black circle: AM [monogram; Alfred Morrison; Lugt 151]; in graphite: M531; 2444; 50; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 29768
ProvenanceAlfred Morrison (b. 1821- d. 1897; Lugt 151), London; July 11-14, 1906, his sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 325, sold for £146 to Meder, for Otto Gerstenberg (b. 1848 - d. 1935; Lugt 2785), Berlin; 1922, sold by Gerstenberg in Zurich to P. & D. Colnaghi (dealer), London. 1923, purchased by the MFA from Harlow & Co. (dealers), New York. (Accession Date: January 4, 1923)