1520
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg Seated in a Landscape is a 1520 ink by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white engraving of a woman holding a small child. She wears a patterned headscarf and loose robes, while the child clutches her arm. Behind them, tall trees and rocky ground fill the background, with a faint glow around their heads. The artist used tiny lines to build up shadows and textures, like fabric folds and tree bark. This method is called cross-hatching. Next, look up how cross-hatching works in engravings.
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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