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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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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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Also Known As Hübsch Martin • Hipsch Martin • Schön Martin
Born 1445 or 1450 • Colmar • France
Died February 2, 1491 • Breisach • Germany
Movement / Style Late Gothic art

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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
Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
Master E.S.
German engraver
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
James Tissot
French artist
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
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
Adam Friedrich Oeser
painter, sculptor, and engraver
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
Hans Holbein, the Elder
German painter
“Madonna of the Rose Bower,” painting on wood by Stefan Lochner; in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
Stefan Lochner
German painter

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