Thausing, Moritz, 1838-1884, Eaton, Fred. A. (Frederick Alexis), Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · London : J. Murray · leaf 137
in character,and their lean bodies are rather roughly sculptured, so that 112 LIFE OF ALBERT DtJEER. [Chap. V. one cannot help wondering what induced Diiier to bestowso much attention on them; whether it was the novelty ofthe subject, or a sense of power and substantiality as com-pared with the… … crowned with laurel, in a poetic and graceful attitude, andholding a bow and arrow—a strange mixture of mediaevalsentiment, modern realism, and antique drapery, which canonly have originated from the Venice of the sixteenthcentury. Nowhere either but in Venice could Diirer havefound the type of the…
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · Painters · Engravers
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