Artist

Ludwig Schongauer

Portrait of Ludwig Schongauer
Portrait of Ludwig Schongauer

German, 1440–1494

Ludwig Schongauer was a German Northern Renaissance painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ludwig Schongauer was born in Augsburg.

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. 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.

Works by Ludwig Schongauer

Collections represented

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