Dürer's drawings for the prayer-book of Emperor Maximilian I : 53 plates /
Dürer, Albrecht,1471-1528,illustrator.
"Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans Maximilian I was Albrecht Dürer'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. "--
"This Dover edition, first published in 2014, is an unabridged republication of Albrecht Durer's Randzeichnungen zum Gebetbuche des Kaisers Maximilian I, originally published in 1907 by G. Hirth's Kunstverlag, Munich. The preface and captions have been translated into English from the original German specially for this edition."
"Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans Maximilian I was Albrecht Dürer'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. "--
Prayer books
Marginal illustrations.