Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century (1905)
Rée, Paul Johannes, b. 1858, Palmer, George Henry, 1871- · London, H. Grevel & Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 146
llustrator was continued by the busy artist JostAmman, born at Ziirich in 1539. He showed a wide-reaching activity atNuremberg, from 1560 until his death in 1591. He furnished illustrations forBibles, for writings on building-construction, histories, chronicles, law-books andpoetry. He illustrated… … 136 ORNAMENT-ENGRAVERS AND GOLDSMITHS. tlie arts and crafts of his time (fig. 95). His prints, easily and pleasantly drawn,are very valuable as records of social life. Among his etchings, the portraitsare especially noteworthy. Ornament did not come at all within his province,but we find in its…
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