Note detail of Dürer’s Die Madonna mit dem Zeisig in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

Note detail of Dürer's Die Madonna mit dem Zeisig in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

Die Madonna mit dem Zeisig / Madonna with the Siskin (1506) is an early work Albrecht Dürer painted while in Venice. It is full of symbolism related to the later beatification of the Virgin and famously has a note with Dürer’s trademark AD sign. 

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