Man, who is seeking with a Lantern for a place wherein he may enjoy repose amidst the turmoils of the world, but does not find it: by him also is the plate of a Great Fish, devouring numerous smaller Fishes, and an allegorical figure of the Carnival, enjoying itself at a well-spread table, and driving out Lent, with another of Lent in like manner expelling the Carnival, to say nothing of the infinite variety of fantastic and singular inventions which he has also engraved, but to describe the whole of which would be troublesome and fatiguing.
The manner of Albert Dürer has been studiously imitated by many other Flemings, as may be seen in their works, but more particularly in those of Alberto Aldegraft,[1] who has engraved four plates, representing in small figures the Creation of Adam, with four from the life of Lot, and four more delineating the story of Susannah. By G.... P.... [2] in like manner, are the seven works of Mercy, engraved on seven small circular plates, with eight stories taken from the Book of Kings; a Regulus in the cask filled with nails, and an Artemisia, which is a truly beautiful engraving. J... B.. [3] has engraved the four Evangelists in a form so small that it would seem an impossibility to execute figures of such minuteness. He has also produced five other plates, which are exceedingly beautiful: in the first of these is a virgin conducted by Death to the tomb, while in her earliest youth; in the second there is the figure of Adam, in the third that of a Countryman, the fourth presents a Bishop, the fifth a Cardinal, but all are conducted, like the virgin, to their last account by Death. In
- ↑ In the Giunti Edition this name is left blank, but that of Albert Aldegreve (who is here meant) was inserted with good show of reason by Bottari in the Roman Edition. Aldegreve was a disciple of Albert Dürer, and studied in Nuremberg. See Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur. See also Bryan, Dictionary of Engravers, where he is called Heinrich (Henry), as he is by Baldinucci and Zani.
- ↑ George or Gregory Pencz, or Pens. See Bartsch and Bryan, as above cited.
- ↑ James or Jacob Bink or Benck, of Cologne, according to some authorities, of Nuremberg, according to others: See Le Brun, Gallerie des Peintres; but the year 1510, given as the date of Pencz's death by that author, must needs be erroneous, since he was still working in 1523. Bartsch enumerates ninety-seven plates by this engraver. See also Zani and Bryan, as before cited.
