DURBAR, I

ndian state ceremonial: also name for native state council. D's s were held at Delhi when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empre , 1877; King Edward, Emperor, 1903; and’ King George Vv. Emperor, 1912. Ger. artist and engraver; b. Nuremberg; s. of a goldsmith, to whose craft he was apprenticed. His apprenticeship ended jin 1490, and until 1494 D. travelled about Germany to improve himself in his art. In later years he lived in Venice and the Netherlands, but the greater part of his working life was spent in Nuremberg. Amongst his most famous paintings are the Feast of the Rosary, Adoration of the Magi, The Crucifixion, Madonna and Child, SS. John and Peter, SS. Paul and Mark, and many portraits; his most famous _ copperplates include St. Jerome in his Study; Knight, Death, and the Devil; Adam and Eve, Death’s Coat-of-Arms, besides numerous sets of woodcuts. His writings include The Art of Mensuration, Treatise on Fortification, and other scientific works. He ranks as the greatest of Ger. artists. His work as an engraver on copper and wood is no le distinguished, and has undoubtedly exercised a greater influence on later art than his painting.