Word: schongauer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...started traveling in 1490 when he was not quite 19. He had spent four years apprenticed to a master painter and engraver in Nuremberg, Michael Wolgemut; he now set off to Colmar, to work under Martin Schongauer. The trip turned into a couple of Wanderjahrce through Germany, and he did not reach Colmar until 1492. When he got there, Schongauer was dead. His restless wanderings across Europe included two trips to Venice, and were capped by a yearlong sojourn in The Netherlands, where he was a celebrity among celebrities, moving in a nimbus of fame through a circle that included...