Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . ?Hxctctusr- •f^J 1 m* tits QfpiH»-ig<ect£.-1 nsr- Fig. 66. Diirer: All Saints Picture. From the copy of the picture and frame in the Germanic Museum. Photograph by F. Schmidt. io8 ALBERT DURER. German burgher dress. Of its frame mention has been made already (p. 8o);it remained at Nuremberg, while the painting was taken to Vienna in illustration (fig. 66) shows both together, being taken from the copy ofthe picture in the Germanic Museum. The painting is most skilful andrefined in execution, and the same qualities are manifest
Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . ?Hxctctusr- •f^J 1 m* tits QfpiH»-ig<ect£.-1 nsr- Fig. 66. Diirer: All Saints Picture. From the copy of the picture and frame in the Germanic Museum. Photograph by F. Schmidt. io8 ALBERT DURER. German burgher dress. Of its frame mention has been made already (p. 8o);it remained at Nuremberg, while the painting was taken to Vienna in illustration (fig. 66) shows both together, being taken from the copy ofthe picture in the Germanic Museum. The painting is most skilful andrefined in execution, and the same qualities are manifest in the wonderful. Fig. 67. Diirer: Portrait of himself. In the Pinacothek, Munich. portrait of himself (fig. 6^) in the Pinacothek at Munich. This is wronglylabelled as earlier, but it only belongs to the time now being discussed. Themaster did not find such painting pay him, and largely gave up his work asa painter for woodcutting and engraving. His woodcuts and engravings, offeredfor sale in the markets and finding their way into citizens homes, were bettersuited than his altarpieces, painted for churches, to bring his art within reachof the people and gain an influence over their minds and hearts. THE REFORMATION AT NUREMBERG. 109 The stir, amid which the new time was born, was much greater andlasted longer in Germany than in Italy. In Germany what was aimed at wasnot an intellectual being, steeped in Classic culture, but a moral personalitythat had achieved freedom through faith. The culminating achiev^ement of theGerman genius was not Humanism, but the Reformation, and with the historyof the Refor
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