A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 269
is one ofthe best. Her attitude is easy and natural, and happily expressive of thecharacter in which she is represented—that of a nursing mother. Thelight and shade are well contrasted ; and the folds of her ample drapery,which Durer was fond of introducing whenever he could, are arranged ina… … Virgin ; and were it not for the angel who is seen swinging a censer atthe top of the room, it might be taken for the accouchement of a Germanburgomasters wife in the year 1510. The interior is apparently that ofa house in Nuremberg of Durers own time, and the figures introduced IN THE TIME OF…
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![An illustration from Moralia Horatiana, das ist, Die Horatzische sitten-lehre : aus der ernst-sittigen geselschaft der alten weise-meister gezogen, und mit 113 [i.e. 103] in kupfer gestochenen sinn-bildern, und eben so viel erklärungen und andern anmärkungen vorgestellet (1656)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-moraliahoratiana00hora-132-111.webp)
