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Virgen de leche. Durero Navidad Sello Anguilla 1971

Suckling Madonna, Madonna breast feeding, of the Milk, Lactans: The Virgin and Child (The Madonna with the Iris), Albrecht Durer. Painting, National Gallery, London. Christmas, Michel: 132-135

Dimensions: 48 x 31 mm

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentAmerica
CountryAnguilla
Year1971

Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471-1528) was the great German artist, painter and engraver of the Renaissance. Trained as a goldsmith in his father's workshop, he soon developed an interest in woodcut, an incipient technique at the time.
Painting dated between 1500 and 1510, 149 x 117 cm, attributed to Dürer's assistants. The Iris represents one of the daggers of the seven sorrows of the Virgin. It is in the National Gallery, London.

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Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471-1528) was the great German artist, painter and engraver of the Renaissance. Trained as a goldsmith in his father's workshop, he soon developed an interest in woodcut, an incipient technique at the time.
Painting dated between 1500 and 1510, 149 x 117 cm, attributed to Dürer's assistants. The Iris represents one of the daggers of the seven sorrows of the Virgin. It is in the National Gallery, London.