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Madonna on the Turf Bench

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Copper engraving, 12,2 x 8,4 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The Madonna is sitting on a turf bench in front of a wickerwork fence which separates the foreground from an extensive landscape in the background, a world landscape. The engraving is an example of the effect Martin Schongauer's works had on Drer's development of the technique of copper engraving. From a technical point of view, engravings such as this sheet differ in their simplicity from the already more mature works of Drer.