Martin Schongauer's father, a goldsmith from Augsburg, moved his family into this half-timbered house on Colmar's Grand Rue in 1465. His eldest son went on to become the most celebrated engraver and painter of his generation, a reputation so formidable that the young German painter, Albrecht Dürer, reportedly walked all the way to Colmar to meet him, only to find Schongauer had died shortly before his arrival.

Schongauer's masterpiece, the Madonna of the Rose Bush, hangs just minutes away in the Dominican Church, painted in 1473 after he returned from years of wandering through Germany. The house itself is now his quiet monument, standing opposite the more flamboyant Maison Pfister.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours trace Schongauer's life from this doorstep to his altarpieces and paintings across Colmar, connecting his legacy to the city's remarkable concentration of late-medieval art.