Anecdotes of Painters Engravers Sculptors And Architects And Curiosities of a

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Anecdotes of Painters Engravers Sculptors And Architects And Curiosities of a
S Spooner
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Fuseh observes that " the coloring of Durer went beyond his age, and in his easel pictures it as far excelled the oil color of Raffaelle in juice, and breadth, and handling, as Raffaelle excelled him in every other quality. " DURER'S WORKS AS AN ENGRAVER. Durer derived most of his fame from his engrav- ings, and he is allowed to have surpassed every artist of his time in this branch of art. Born in the infancy of the art, he carried engraving to a perfection that has hardly been surpassed. When... we consider that, without any models worthy of imitation, he brought engraving to such great per- fection, we are astonished at his genius and his own resources. Although engraving has had the advan- 232 ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, tage and experience of more than three centuries, it would perhaps be difficult to select a specimen of executive excellence surpassing his print of St. Je- rome, engraved in 1514, He had a perfect com- mand of the graver, and his works are executed with remarkable neatness and clearness of stroke ; if we do not find in his plates that boldness and freedom desirable in large historical works, we find in them everything that can be wished in works more minute and finished, as were his.

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