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ALBERT DÜRER AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

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neath each of which satirical lines were written. He is best known by his eighty-one Bible-cuts, which were the most popular, perhaps, of the many series published in that cen-

Fig. 44.—The Herald. From "The Triumph of Maximilian."
Fig. 44.—The Herald. From "The Triumph of Maximilian."

Fig. 49.—Virgin and Child. From a print by Hans Sebald Behaim.

tury, not excepting the impressive Bible figures of Holbein; they passed through many editions, and were widely copied. The first English Bible was illustrated by them. Be-

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