Engraving and etching : a handbook for the use of students and print collectors (1907)
Lippmann, Friedrich, 1839-1903, Lehrs, Max, 1855-1938, Hardie, Martin, 1875-1952 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 150
occupied by allegories, 9 130 ENGRAVING IN GERMANY (1527—1600) emblems, portraits, and, finally, political manifestoes. Line-engraving and etching also began to find employment asbook-illustrations in place of woodcuts. Goldsmiths andcraftsmen of every kind were now supplied by engraverswith an… … Fig. 60. Virgil Solis : Allegorical figure of Truth. Masters, but while he depends upon them, he continuallyborrows from Marc-Antonio, Ducerceau, and many others.Yet he is no mere copyist, and when occasion offers he isfull of originality and invention. His work with the burinis thin and meagre,…
Engraving -- History · Etching -- History
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