Madonna with the Swaddled Infant

Albrecht Dürer
Madonna with the Swaddled Infant
engraving
1520

An original Albrecht Dürer engraving.

1520

Original engraving printed in black ink on laid paper.

Dated and signed with the artist’s monogram on a tablet lower left.

A superb, richly inked 16th century/lifetime Meder “a” (of “e”) impression, showing rich contrasts throughout, printed c. 1520.

Catalog: Bartsch 38; Meder 40.a; Dodgson 93; Panofsky 145; Strauss 94; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 91.