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438 Painting attributed to him, but doubts have been lately thrown upon its authenticity. In our illustration (Fig. 151) we give an example of this master's style of engraving. Bartholomews Zeitblom (fl. ab. 1484 — 1516), of TJlm, was, like Schongauer, a Swabian master of the early Fig. 151. — The Crucifixion. Engraving by Schongauer. Reformation period, and appears to have excelled him in sublimity of design and delicacy of colouring, but to have been inferior in power of drawing. His works are essentially German, and are amongst the most important examples of Teutonic painting in the fifteenth century.