Chapter I: Front Matter

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Masterpieces in Colour

Edited By

T. Leman Hare

DÜRER

1471-1528

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"MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR" SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.

VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI. GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD.
TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN.
LUINI. JAMES MASON.
FRANZ HALS. EDGCUMBE STALEY.
VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER.
LEONARDO DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL.
RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
WHISTLER. T. MARTIN WOOD.
HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY.
VIGÉE LE BRUN. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY.
FRAGONARD. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
MEMLINC. W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE.
CONSTABLE. C. LEWIS HIND.
RAEBURN. JAMES L. CAW.
JOHN S. SARGENT. T. MARTIN WOOD.
LAWRENCE. S. L. BENSUSAN.
DÜRER. H. E. A. FURST.
HOGARTH. C. LEWIS HIND.

_Others in Preparation._

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(From the Oil-painting in the Berlin Museum. Painted in 1526)

Holzschuer was one of Dürer's Nuremberg friends--a patrician, and Councillor of the City. Dürer's portraits are remarkable for their strength in characterisation.]

DÜRER

by

HERBERT E. A. FURST

Illustrated with Eight Reproductions in Colour

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate

I. Portrait of Hyeronymus Holzschuer
Frontispiece
From the Oil-painting in the Berlin Museum

Page
II. Portrait of a Woman 14
From the Oil-painting in the Berlin Museum

III. Portrait of the Artist 24
From the Oil-painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich

IV. Portrait of the Painter's Father 34
From the Oil-painting in the National Gallery

V. Portrait of Oswalt Krel 40
From the Oil-painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich

VI. The Madonna with the Siskin 50
From the Oil-painting in the Berlin Museum