Chapin, Willis O · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 130
apted for small than for large plates; butthat he favored large wood-cuts is sufficiently shown by hisdesigns for the Emperor Maximilian. First in point of time, but not in importance, comes AlbrechtAltdorfer, who was born before the year 1480, and passed thegreater portion of his life in Ratisbon… … HEAD-PIECE, BY HANS SEBALD BEHAM graved works and designs for wood-cuts. He was on intimateterms with Diirer, and is believed by some to have lived asapprentice with that master soon after the latters marriage. If not a native of Ratisbon, Altdorfer removed to that placebefore 1505, for in that…
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