The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels

Unknown artist

The artist copied Dürer’s 1518 made copper engraving “The Virgin of Two Angels Crowned” from the opposite side. Despite side traffic, he was clearly oriented towards the template. Mary sits in the wild on a stone, holds an apple in her hand and the Christ Child on her lap. She looks quietly towards the observer, while two angels float over her with rolling robes and are about to put a magnificent crown on her stately head. The scenery is caught by a simple tin fence, behind which a landscape with a city facility extends into the distance. Neither dating nor monogram refers to Dürer as the spiritual creator of the image idea. Instead, the year “1544” is integrated, whereby Heller writes in 1827 that the leaf was “made by a newer artist.” (Heller Dürer 1827 II.412,556)