The Virgin and Child With a Flower on a Grassy Bench is a drawing attributed to Albrecht Dürer.
[3] After the deaths of Jean-Paul and Elizabeth, in 2016, an anonymous buyer purchased the work at their estate sale, paying $30.
[2] After receiving a photograph of the drawing from the owner, Schorer traveled to view it in person and became convinced it was either the "[...] greatest forgery [he'd] ever seen — or a masterpiece".
[1] However, McAusland became convinced of its authenticity after she determined the paper was Italian linen—Dürer was active in Italy—and due to the presence of a watermark used exclusively by the artist.
[6] Fritz Koreny, a former curator at the Albertina and a current researcher at the Institute for Art History at the University of Vienna, attributes the drawing to Hans Baldung.