Art Prints by Master E. S.
%2B-%2BSt%2BJohn%2Bthe%2BEvangelist%2Bin%2BPatmos.jpg "St John the Evangelist in Patmos by Master E. S. - Christianity, Religious Art Prints from Hermitage Museum")
%2B-%2BMadonna%2Band%2BChild%2Bwith%2BSt%2BBarbara%2Band%2BSt%2BDorothea.jpg "Madonna and Child with St Barbara and St Dorothea by Master E. S. - Christianity, Religious Art Prints from Hermitage Museum")
Master E. S. (c. 1420 - c. 1468; previously known as the Master of 1466) is an unidentified German engraver, goldsmith, and printmaker of the late Gothic period. He was the first major German artist of old master prints and was greatly copied and imitated. The name assigned to him by art historians, Master E. S., is derived from the monogram, E. S., which appears on eighteen of his prints (variants appear on others). He was probably the first printmaker to place his initials on his work.