Agnes Dürer as St Anne
by DÜRER, Albrecht, Brush on gray primed paper, 395 x 292 mm
This portrait drawing of Agnes D�rer was used as a preliminary study for the painting Virgin and Child with St Anne (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), and she is already depicted in the same posture and gestures. The area around the head is depicted in more detail while the lower part of the drawing is left open.