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 296
nd three-fourths wide. The headis full of character, and the engraving is admirably executed. From1522 to 1528, the year of Durers death, he seems to have almostentirely given up the practice of drawing on wood, as there areonly three cuts with his mark which contain a date between those years… … The pair of doors on the shield—in German Durer or Thurer—is arebus of the artists name; after the manner of the Lucys of our owncountry, who bore three luces* or pikes—fish, not weapons—argent, intheir coat of arms. on the Sunday after St. Andrews day, 1523. With this letter Durer sent to his…
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