to justify the attribution of the birthof engraving to the year 1446, yet it tends to showthat at this time engraving in Germany first beganto come into general practice. Other engravings, thoseof the so-called Master of the Playing-Cards (Meister 2 i8 GERMAN ENGRAVING TO 1528 der Spielkarten),… … Fig. 9. The Flagellation of Christ, of 1446. Cards is so called because his artistic skill was first employedon designs for a pack of cards (fig. 10). As draughts-man and as engraver he ranks essentially higher thanthe designer of the Passion of 1446. Engravings such asthe Martyrdom of St.…
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