The composition of this print is unusual, with the artist choosing to place the virgin with her back to the viewer while saint anne is depicted frontally. This draws attention to the tender touch to the christ child's head by his grandmother. This print is not by dürer. It is copied from his version of this subject where the figures are reversed, with the virgin and child on the right and saint anne on the left. The inclusion of dürer's signature shows the commercial popularity of these kinds of devotional images, with many artists making copies, often trying to disguise their prints as originals from dürer's workshop. Date: About 1500. Medium: engraving on paper. Collection: Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne - Albrecht Durer - 101-1998-3
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