A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers . ainting tends to dim-inish the probability of anydefinite point of contactwith Flanders. E. S. doesnot rank high as an artist,but on the technical sidehe was one of the greatestinfluences in the progressof the art of no doubt as agoldsmith, he graduallyfreed himself from thelimitations of the craft, anddeveloped a solid systemof engraving, with a regularscheme of cross-hatching,which laid the foundationfor the perfection of the
A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers . ainting tends to dim-inish the probability of anydefinite point of contactwith Flanders. E. S. doesnot rank high as an artist,but on the technical sidehe was one of the greatestinfluences in the progressof the art of no doubt as agoldsmith, he graduallyfreed himself from thelimitations of the craft, anddeveloped a solid systemof engraving, with a regularscheme of cross-hatching,which laid the foundationfor the perfection of theart in Albrecht one would expect froma goldsmith, the secondaryparts of composition, the piQornaments, and conven-tional plants, etc., are de-signed with exceeding care. And it one regards separate faces andfigures alone, he shows considerable power of expression, but in thelarger problems of composition he is seldom quite successful. Hismost ambitious attempt in a composition of many figures is his largeMadonna of Einsiedeln, dated 1466 (B. 35). In that year the Feastof the Consecration of the Swiss cloister by angels was celebrated. -The Master of the ATount of in Armour. 26 THE EARLIEST ENGRAVERS witli considerable pomp, and the print was no doubt sold as amemorial to the pilgrims who attended the commemoration. Apart
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