first half of the sixteenth century inGermany, are without signatures, or else bear monogramswhich it is impossible to interpret. Their numbers showhow widespread throughout Germany at this time wasthe appreciation of this kind of work and the ability toproduce it. DANIEL HOPFER 125 Once the… … Fig. 57. Daniel Hopfer: Christ before Pilate_(detail). 126 ENGRAVING IN GERMANY (1527—1600) Daniel (working at Augsburg from 1493, died 1536),Hieronymus, and Lambert—managed a kind of picturemanufactory. Real artistic merit was of secondary im-portance in their eyes. With their broad and…
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