This beautiful drawing shows the virgin sitting calmly on a turf bench, with the christ child on a cushion on her knee. Above, an elegantly twisting angel bears a tall crown. The child has a flower in his right hand, while a small bird flies around his head, tied to a cord held in the child's left hand. The bird is probably a goldfinch, which was believed to have been splashed with christ's blood on the road to calvary, retaining a red spot around its beak. Inscribed with dürer's monogram and the date 1515, not in the hand of the artist. Date: circa 1515. Dimensions: 27.6 x 20.5 cm. Medium: black ink on paper, brush and black ink. Collection: Royal Collection. Albrecht Dürer - The Virgin and Child on a grassy bank, crowned by an angel c.1515 - RCIN 912176
Loading...
