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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49256#0168
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GERMAN SCHOOL,
wrote conspicuously in his mémorandum book these vengeful words: “In ail my transactions,
whether in selling or in buying, during my sojourn in the Netherlands, in ail my intercourse with the
high or low classes, I hâve been wronged, more particularly by the Lady Margaret {pf Austriaf who
has given me nothing in return for ail my présents and labours! Regarding the portrait of the
Emperor Charles V., which the regent had appeared to despise, Albert Durer was obliged to part
with it for a pocket-handkerchief of English manufacture. Happily a citizen of Antwerp,
Alexander Imhoff, accommodated him with a loan of one hundred golden florins, for which he
SAMSON KILLING THE LION.
put his hand to a bill stamped with his seal, and payable at Nuremberg. Just as he was medi-
tating his departure, Christian II., King of Denmark, made his appearance in the city, and,
hearing that Durer was still there, sent for him, loaded him with favours, and desired to hâve his
portrait taken by so great an artist, for which he paid him liberally. Gratified by the splendid
engravings presented to him by Albert Durer, Christian invited him to a banquet, at which the
Emperor, the Princess Margaret, and the Queen of Spain were présent ; but noue of these august
personages deigned to address a word to the noble and handsome guest, whose genius did honour
to a royal entertainment. Soon after this, our artist left Belgium, carrying with him bitter
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GERMAN SCHOOL,
wrote conspicuously in his mémorandum book these vengeful words: “In ail my transactions,
whether in selling or in buying, during my sojourn in the Netherlands, in ail my intercourse with the
high or low classes, I hâve been wronged, more particularly by the Lady Margaret {pf Austriaf who
has given me nothing in return for ail my présents and labours! Regarding the portrait of the
Emperor Charles V., which the regent had appeared to despise, Albert Durer was obliged to part
with it for a pocket-handkerchief of English manufacture. Happily a citizen of Antwerp,
Alexander Imhoff, accommodated him with a loan of one hundred golden florins, for which he
SAMSON KILLING THE LION.
put his hand to a bill stamped with his seal, and payable at Nuremberg. Just as he was medi-
tating his departure, Christian II., King of Denmark, made his appearance in the city, and,
hearing that Durer was still there, sent for him, loaded him with favours, and desired to hâve his
portrait taken by so great an artist, for which he paid him liberally. Gratified by the splendid
engravings presented to him by Albert Durer, Christian invited him to a banquet, at which the
Emperor, the Princess Margaret, and the Queen of Spain were présent ; but noue of these august
personages deigned to address a word to the noble and handsome guest, whose genius did honour
to a royal entertainment. Soon after this, our artist left Belgium, carrying with him bitter
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