The Knight, Death, and the Devil, by Durer

native of Nuremburg, the greatest of his school and time in Germany. The Baumgärtner altar-piece, the Four Evangelists, and his own portrait in Munich, and the Holzschuler portrait in Berlin, are among his best paintings. Others are in Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, and Italian galleries. Although generally known as the father of wood engraving, he probably never produced a single block except as a matter of experiment, as the most famous of the wood blocks bearing his name were cut by various hands. But as an engraver on copper he is entitled to exalted rank. He occupies one of the highest places in the annals of the Graphic Arts. He was singularly felicitous in his composition and handling, to which he added rare poetic thought and feeling. Among his most famous plates are Melancholy, Death's Horse, St. Jerome, Erasmus, Adam and Eve, Ecce Homo, and The Knight, Death, and the Devil.