Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . nst the Boers in1899-1900 the British made Durban abase of supplies. Fop. (1918) 48,413. DUBEB, ALBEBT, a German painter,designei, sculptor, and engraver on woodand metal; born in Niirnberg in father was a skillful goldsmith ofHungary. In 1486 he left his fatherstrade and became an apprentice ofMichael Wohlgemuth, then the bestpainter in Niirnberg. At Niirnberg hemarried the daughter of Hans Frey, amechanic, who has been falsely accusedfor centuries of embittering
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . nst the Boers in1899-1900 the British made Durban abase of supplies. Fop. (1918) 48,413. DUBEB, ALBEBT, a German painter,designei, sculptor, and engraver on woodand metal; born in Niirnberg in father was a skillful goldsmith ofHungary. In 1486 he left his fatherstrade and became an apprentice ofMichael Wohlgemuth, then the bestpainter in Niirnberg. At Niirnberg hemarried the daughter of Hans Frey, amechanic, who has been falsely accusedfor centuries of embittering his life andbringing him to his grave. In 1505 hewent to Venice to improve himself in hisart. He painted the Martyrdom ofBartholomew for St. Marks Church,which painting was purchased by theEmperor Rudolph and removed toPrague. He also traveled to Bologna,to improve his knowledge of his return to Niirnberg his famespread far and wide. Maximilian I. ap-pointed him his court painter, andCharles V. confirmed him in this was the first in Germany who taughtthe rules of perspective, and of the pro-. ALBERT DURER portions of the human figure. He notonly made use of the burin, like his pred-ecessors, but was also among the firstto practice etching. He invented themethod of printing woodcuts with twocolors. Among his masterpieces in paint-ing are a Crucifixion, Adam andEve, an Adoration of the Magi, theAdoration of the Trinity, in the Bel-vedere Gallery, Vienna; and portraits ofRaphael, Erasmus, and Melanchthon,who were his friends. Among his bestengravings on copper are his Fortune,Melancholy, Adam and Eve in Para-dise, St. Hubert, St. Jerome, andthe Smaller Passion (so called), in 16plates. Among his best engravings onwood are the Greater Passion (socalled), in 13 plates; the Smaller Pas-sion, with the frontispiece, 37 pieces; DUBESS 442 DUSE the Revelations of St. John, with thefrontispiece, 15 plates; the Life ofMary, two prints, with the
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