Rudolph Daniel Meyer

Worked in the first half of 17th century
Germany – Switzerland

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MADONNA WITH THE SWADDLED INFANT

Bottom near to the centre: a part of an erased signature,

Mey Fe [R.D. Mey Fe]

Bottom right: above the Dürer's monogram, the inscription

pet:oue:ex

Copperplate engraving

139×97 mm

Handbooks:

TIB. Х, 038; С. 11

Impression in the Museum collections

Watermark:
is unclear because the sheet is mounted on dense paper

Provenance:

State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2446

Comments:

a mirror reflection of Albrecht Dürer's engraving, with a false Dürer's monogram and a false date