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