. Sketches of great painters for young people. ppeared. In 1520 Diirer and his wife went to the Netherlands,and visited Ghent, Brussels, and Antwerp. Again a yearof change, bringing with it the enjoyment of hospitality,of appreciation and honor, came to him. Such feastings,and gift-giving, and friendly intercourse as there wasthen ! With the power of being interested that belongsto the artistic nature, he was enthusiastic over everynew experience, even over a whale that was cast accounts of the journey describe minutely everythinghe saw, and the ovations he received wherever he went
. Sketches of great painters for young people. ppeared. In 1520 Diirer and his wife went to the Netherlands,and visited Ghent, Brussels, and Antwerp. Again a yearof change, bringing with it the enjoyment of hospitality,of appreciation and honor, came to him. Such feastings,and gift-giving, and friendly intercourse as there wasthen ! With the power of being interested that belongsto the artistic nature, he was enthusiastic over everynew experience, even over a whale that was cast accounts of the journey describe minutely everythinghe saw, and the ovations he received wherever he object in going to the Netherlands was to obtainfrom Charles V., the new emperor, a confirmation ofhis pension granted by Maximilian. He was summonedto the court of Margaret of Austria, regent of theNetherlands, and he presented to her some of hisengravings; but he did not enjoy the court favorvery long. He also went to the court of Christian II.,king of Denmark, and he painted a portrait of thatsovereign. 176 SKETCHES OF GREAT St. John and St. Pktkr. When he returnedto Nuremberg, Diirerwas poor, so he triedto persuade the TownCouncil to treat himmore generously. Hereminded them thatboth Venice and Ant-werp had made liberaloffers for his services,and showed them howlittle he had been ableto save for his old , if Diirer did notenjoy much of thisworlds goods, he wasfortunate in hisf r i e n d s, numberingamong them Pirk-heimer, Luther, Eras-mus, and Melanch-thon, men in the veryfront ranks of the in-tellectual life of thetime. The journey to theNetherlands gave Dii-rer new inspiration,and the eight yearsbefore his death wereproductive ones. Hepainted a number of DURER. 177 portraits, one of hisstanch friend Pirk-heimer, the chief manin Nuremberg, and oneof Melanchthon, the re-former. To these lastyears belong also twopanels, called the FourApostles. The idea ofthis work, which is oneof his greatest, had beenin his mind for someyears, and he spent in-finite
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