Albrecht Dürer ( 1471-1528) , Johannes Wierix... Lot n° 28

Albrecht Durer -Virgin breastfeeding child, by Wierix / Description: The Virgin suckling the Child; the Virgin seated in a landscape, suckling the child; a fence seen behind her and a bird standing on it. Signed on image with Dürer's monogram and dated on a plaque, behind the Virgin '1566'. A second state before the publishers address. in this state the AE 16 mentioning Wierix made this when he was 16 years old is almost invisible (bottom left corner). Reference Dürer Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (33) -- Bartsch 34. Copy A / Dimensions: 11,50 x 7,30 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 90.II / III -- Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné 624 II / III / Medium: Engraving