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HANS BURGKMAIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 817 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANS

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BURGKMAIR  or
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JOHN (1473— ? 1531),
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German painter and engraver on
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wood, believed to have been a
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pupil of Albrecht Darer, was
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born at
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Augsburg .
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Professor
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Christ ascribes to him about 700 woodcuts, most of them distinguished by that spirit and freedom ' which we admire in the
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works of his supposed
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master . His
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principal
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work is the
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series of 135 prints representing the triumphs of the
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emperor
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Maximilian I . They are of large
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size, executed in
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chiaroscuro, from two blocks, and convey a high
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idea of his
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powers .
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Burgkmair was also an excellent painter in
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fresco and in distemper, specimens of which are in the galleries of
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Munich and
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Vienna, carefully and solidly finishedin the
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style of the old German school .

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