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 465
ND DECLINE OF in 1646, by no means afford an idea of his ability as a wood-engraver;niany of them are wretched copies of old wood-cuts designed by AlbertDurer and other old masters, discreditable alike to the engraver and tothe originals. The following is a slightly reduced copy of a cut,… … of his best large cuts, while it is much superior to the greater number ofthe small cuts which contain his mark. The subject is Judith with thehead of Holofernes. About 1625 a French wood engraver of the name of Businckexecuted several chiaro-scuros chiefly from designs by Lalleman andBloemart; and…
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