Durer's Drawings for the Prayer-Book of Emperor Maximilian I


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"Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans Maximilian I was Albrecht Dèurer's main patron from 1512 onward. These 45 pages of marginal drawings for the ruler's prayer book, unknown till their 1808 facsimile publication, reveal the artist's lighthearted and witty side. Includes 8 additional drawings by other artists and a new Introduction. "--







Drawings of Albrecht Dürer


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Eighty-one plates show development from youth to full style. Many favorites, many are new. Introduction by Alfred Werner. "The fascination of the drawings is inexhaustible; the skill incredible; the upshot — delight." — Boston Globe.




Durer's Drawings for the Prayer-Book of Emperor Maximilian I


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These 45 pages of marginal drawings for the Holy Roman Emperor's prayer book, unknown for 300 years till their 1808 facsimile publication, reveal the artist's lighthearted and witty side.













Southern Germany


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Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art


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This newest volume in Hudson Hills Press's acclaimed series about leading collections of master drawings presents sixty-eight great sheets, all reproduced in full-color, including many versos, from one of the finest college museums in America.




The Athenaeum


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