Albrecht Dürer ( 1471-1528) ,Hieronymous Wierix... Lot n° 27

Albrecht Durer - Virgin with pear, by Wierix / Description: The Virgin suckling the child; the Virgin, seated in a landscape, suckling the Child, to right, leaning on a tree and holding a pear; a fortress seen in the background. Signed on a tablet in front with Dürer's monogram, dated on a plaque on top '1511'; monogram of Wierix to right between two trees 'IR'. A first state before the publishers address. Reference for the Dürer work: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (33) -- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.59.41) -- Dodgson 1926 / Albrecht Dürer (54) / Dimensions: 15,70 x 10,90 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with full plate border and wide margins on a laid paper sheet. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (982.I) -- Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (740) -- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (631) / Medium: Engraving