The wonders of engraving by Duplessis Georges 1834-1899

Author:Duplessis, Georges, 1834-1899
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Engraving -- History
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner & Co.
Published: 1871-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

to notice these artists, as they left no good specimens of their work.

Line-engraving declined when the school founded by Albert Durer began to lose its renown. The taste for small things, such as ornaments and jewelry, survived, but the art was doomed. It had lost much that it had once possessed in the hands of the skilful engravers we have named. The period of originality had gone by, and we find none but second-rate artists, who had lost their own individuality in imitating their predecessors.

Virgilius Solis was born at Nuremberg in 1514, and died in the same town in 1570. Like \hapetit8 maitres, he attempted to perpetuate the style of his predecessors ; but he was very inferior to them. He could scarcely draw a life-like figure if he did not copy it. His work is meagre, and without softness or charm ; among his numerous works a few prettily decorated pieces of jewelry are alone worthy of notice. Virgilius Solis and Jost Amman engraved a series of portraits of the kings of France, which added nothing to their reputation. Jost Amman, who supplied numerous designs to wood-engravers, has left a number of fine and delicate, but monotonous, etchings. The designs are small and confused. One of Amman's best works of this kind is a portrait of Gaspard de Coligny, surrounded with ornaments and small scenes relating to his life. His own wood-engravings, and those he caused to be executed after his designs, are, however, far superior to any of his etchings ; and

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