Chapter V

WOOD ENGRAVING IN THE TIME OF ALBERT DURER, 230-323.

Initial letter M, from an edition of Ovid’s Tristia, printed
at Venice by J. de Cireto, 1499 230
Peasants dancing and regaling, from Heures a l’Usaige de
Chartres, printed at Paris by Simon Vostre about 1502. The
first of these cuts occurs in a similar work-- Heures a
l’Usaige de Rome-- printed by Simon Vostre in 1497 233
The woman clothed with the sun, from Albert Durer’s
illustrations of the Apocalypse, 1498 240
The Virgin and Infant Christ, from Albert Durer’s
illustrations of the History of the Virgin, 1511 243
The Birth of the Virgin, from the same work 244
St. Joseph at work as a carpenter, with the Virgin rocking
the Infant Christ in a cradle, from the same 246
Christ mocked, from Durer’s illustrations of Christ’s
Passion, about 1511 247
The Last Supper, from the same 248
Christ bearing his Cross, from the same 249
The Descent to Hades, from the same 250
Caricature, probably of Luther 268
Albert Durer’s Coat-of-arms 271
His portrait, from a cut drawn by himself, 1527, the year
preceding that of his death 272
Holy Family, from a cut designed by Lucas Cranach 277
Samson and Delilah, from a cut designed by Hans Burgmair 279
Aristotle and his wife, from a cut designed by Hans
Burgmair 280
Sir Theurdank killing a bear, from the Adventures of Sir
Theurdank, 1517 284
The punishment of Sir Theurdank’s enemies, from the same
work 285
A figure on horseback, from the Triumphs of Maximilian 294
Another, from the same work 295
Ditto, ditto 296
Ditto, ditto 297
Ditto, ditto 298
Ditto, ditto 299
Three knights with banners, from the same work 301
Elephant and Indians, from the same 302
Camp followers, probably designed by Albert Durer, from the
same 303
Horses and Car, from the same 305
Jael and Sisera, from a cut designed by Lucas van Leyden 309
Cut printed at Antwerp by Willem de Figursnider, probably
copied from a cut designed by Urse Graff 312
Three small cuts from Sigismund Fanti’s Triompho di Fortuna,
printed at Venice, 1527 316
Fortuna di Africo, an emblem of the South wind, from the
same work 316
Michael Angelo at work on a piece of sculpture, from the
same 317
Head of Nero, from a work on Medals, printed at Strasburg,
1525 320
Cut of Saint Bridget, about 1500, from Dr. Dibdin’s
Bibliomania 321
Ditto of her Revelations 322
Tail-piece-- a full length of Maximilian I. Emperor of
Germany, from his Triumphs 323