A Biographical Dictionary
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: K. K A B E L. See Cabel. MATHIAS KAGER. Flourifhed, lS artift is generally believed to have been a native of Germany, and a painter. It appears, however, that he alfo amufed him- felFwith the graver, and worked in a very neat ftyle with that inftrument only. His performances are. by no means deftitute of merit, though in fome few inftances they appear to be rather ftiffand laboured. His mark, according to profefibr Chrift, is compofed of an M. and a K. joined to the M. See the plate at the end of the volume. I fhall only mention the following engravings by this artift. St. Francis, furrounded by the monks of his order. Chrift and the Virgin Mary are reprefent;ed appearing to them in the clouds: a middling-fized upright plate, from P. Remigius Bozzolo. K A L C A R. See Calcar. HA N S, or JOHN K A L D U N G. Flourifhed, 1515. -This is the name, which the author of the Abecedario gives to an ancient German engraver on wood, whofe mark is compofed of an H. an S. and a K. joined together, in the manner reprefented on the plate at the end of the volume. They that attribute this mark to Baldung are evidently miftaken. . Ppfeflbr Chrift fuppofes it to belong to Hans, or John Springink.lee. 1 have found alfo the fame mark, adds that author, but conftantly reverfed, upon the wooden cuts, excellently defigned, and printed at Ly- ons, for John Korberger of Nuremberg, by John Clim, in the year 1515; and it may perhaps with juftice be attributed to Korberger; but to whom- foever the mark may really belong, it leems to me to be the mark of the defigner only; for I have alfo feen the mark of the engraver, compofed ...tofaW. and an R. With all deference to the opinion of M- Chrift, there is little doubt to be made, but that the artift, who ufed th...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217334839 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217334830 |
| Weight | 1.39 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.96 In |
| List Price | $28.01 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 430 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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