13. Jan Wierix (1549-after 1615)
after Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

The Virgin Nursing the Child

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Wierix, The Virgin Nursing

The Virgin Nursing the Child

Engraving, 1566, Alvin 64, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 728 ii/iii, Bartsch (Dürer) 34 copy a, Meder (Dürer) 31 copy a, 113 x 72 mm. Brilliant impression, before Visscher’s address, on laid paper with small margins; thin area at the top, visible verso. Wierix (or Wiericx) was something of a prodigy as an engraver and copyist and sometimes marked his prints with his age at the time. This is not the case here, but he was seventeen when he made this remarkable same-direction copy after Dürer. There are differences, to be sure, but Wierix’s purpose was not to deceive (he changed Dürer’s date from 1507 to 1566), but to show how good a craftsman he was. Although other Wierix copies of Dürer are frequently on the market, this one, for some reason, rarely turns up.

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