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 271
le another,immediately behind St. Elizabeth, holds a pot containing flowers. Inthe sky there is a representation of the Deity, with the Holy Ghost inthe shape of a dove. The artist has not thought it necessary to markthe locality of the scene by the introduction of pyramids and templesin the… … Christs Passion, consisting of a series of eleven large wood-cutsand a vignette, designed by Albert Durer, appeared about the sametime as his History of the Virgin.* The descriptive matter wascompiled by Chelidonius; and, in the same manner as in the History ofthe Virgin, a certain number of…
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