Ludwig Schongauer
Illustration — Elephant by Ludwig Schongauer, Vienna Museum Ludwig Schongauer (c. 1440–1494) was a German painter and engraver. Schongauer was born in Augsburg into an Alsatian family of artists, later settling in Colmar.
Ludwig Schongauer
Ludwig Schongauer (circa 1440–1494) · Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 437639) · Public domain
- Born
- 1440 · Augsburg.
- Died
- 1494 · Colmar.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · copper engraver
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Elephant by Ludwig Schongauer, Vienna Museum Ludwig Schongauer (c. 1440–1494) was a German painter and engraver. Schongauer was born in Augsburg into an Alsatian family of artists, later settling in Colmar.
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His father Caspard was a goldsmith, and he had three brothers. Two of his brothers Georg and Paul became goldsmiths themselves, while his third brother was the painter Martin Schongauer. Both Martin and Ludwig are thought to have been pupils of the painter Caspar Isenmann.
• Wing of an altarpiece: The Arrest of Christ • Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection
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Ludwig Schongauer is recorded as painter, printmaker and copper engraver.
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1440
Ludwig Schongauer was born in 1440 at Augsburg.
1494
Ludwig Schongauer died on 1 January 1494.
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Augsburg.
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Schongauer, Ludwig, the Elder, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Schongauer, Ludwig, Oxford Art Online, 2003
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