Publisher description for Durer's drawings for the prayer-book of Emperor Maximilian I : 53 plates / Albrecht Durer.
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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._
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Prayer books -- Illustrations.
Marginal illustrations.
ART / History / Renaissance. -- bisacsh