rue value of this incomparable plate one musthave before ones eyes one of those early proofs (beforethe monogram) in the possession of the British Museumand the Albertina. From his work with dry-point Diirerpassed on to pure etching. The art of etching on ironwith ammoniac, vitriol, and the like… … secret knownonly to a few;and it was notuntil after thefirst thirty yearsof the sixteenthcentury that theuse of aqua-for-tis passed intocommon know-ledge. ThoughDurer, in his ex-periments withetching, had oneor two prede-cessors, such asDaniel Hopferand Urs Graf, yetit was throughhim that…
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