Catalogue of a collection of engravings, etchings, and woodcuts (1879)
Fisher, Richard · [London? Printed by J. C. wilkins] · leaf 116
chiaro etscuro. To Germany, how-ever, the priority of the in-vention of printing in chiaro-oscuro appears to belong.The date of 1506 is on theVenus and Cupid of theelder Cranach. The Sor-ceresses, by Hans BaldungGrun is dated 1510. Both ofthem had first been used for printing from in their original… … 92 The Italian School of Engraving. much ingenuity, and it is surprising these spirited facsimiles of thepainters designs have so rarely held their deserved position in theportfolios of amateurs. Strict precision in closely fitting the succes-sive blocks was required, and hence, from carelessness…
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