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durer’s literary remains.
[chap.
these things, for I saw amongst them wonderful works of art, and I
marvelled at the subtle Ingenia of men in foreign lands. Indeed I can-
not express all that I thought there.
At Brussels I saw many other beautiful things besides, and especially
1 saw a fish bone there, as vast as if it had been built up of squared
stones. It was a fathom long and very thick, it weighs up to 15 cwt.,
and its form resembles that drawn here. It stood up behind on the
fish’s head. I was also in the Count of Nassau’s house1 which is very
splendidly built and as beautifully adorned. I have again dined j j with
my Lords (of Niirnberg).
Lady Margaret sent after me to Brussels and promised to speak for
me to King Karl, and she has shown herself quite exceptionally kind to
me. I sent her my engraved Passion and another copy to her treasurer,
Jan de Marnix by name, and I took his portrait in charcoal. I gave
2 st. for a buffalo ring, also 2 st. for opening St Luke’s picture2. When
I was in the Nassau house in the chapel there, I saw the good picture3
that Master Hugo van der Goes painted, and I saw the two fine large
halls and the treasures everywhere in the house, also the great bed
wherein 50 men can lie. And I saw the great stone which the storm
cast down in the field near the Lord of Nassau. The house stands high,
and from it there is a most beautiful view, at which one cannot but
wonder; and I do not believe that in all the German lands the like of
it exists.
Master Bernard van Orley, the painter, invited me and prepared so
costly a meal that I do not think 10 fl. will pay for it. Lady Margaret’s
Treasurer (Jan de Marnix), whom I drew, and the King’s Steward, Jehan
de Metenye by name, and the Town-Treasurer named Van Busleyden
invited themselves to it, to get me good company. I gave Master
Bernard a Passion engraved in copper, and he gave me in return a black
Spanish bag worth 3 fl. I have also given Erasmus of Rotterdam a
Passion engraved in copper. I gave a Passion engraved in copper to
Erasmus, Bannisis’ secretary. The man at Antwerp who gave me the
Child's head is named Lorenz Sterk. I took the portrait in charcoal of
Master Bernard, Lady Margaret’s painter. I have once more taken
Erasmus of Rotterdam’s portrait4. I gave Lorenz Sterk a sitting Jerome
and the Melancholy, and took a portrait of my hostess’ godmother. Six
people whose portraits I drew at Brussels have given me nothing. I
paid 3 st. for two buffalo horns and 1 st. for two Eulenspiegels5.
1 A reproduction of an old view of this house will be found in L' Art, 1884, I.
p. 188.
2 Doubtless a picture fabled to have been painted by St Luke. Many such
pictures were to be seen in those days.
3 This picture was painted on four panels and represented the Seven Sacraments
and a Crucifix. It is now lost. A similar picture is in the Antwerp Gallery,
ascribed to Roger van der Weyden.
4 This is perhaps the drawing in the Gigoux collection at Paris; it has been
photographed by Braun.
8 It is believed that Diirer here refers to an edition of the satirical tale edited by
Thomas Murner and published at Strassburg in 1519.
durer’s literary remains.
[chap.
these things, for I saw amongst them wonderful works of art, and I
marvelled at the subtle Ingenia of men in foreign lands. Indeed I can-
not express all that I thought there.
At Brussels I saw many other beautiful things besides, and especially
1 saw a fish bone there, as vast as if it had been built up of squared
stones. It was a fathom long and very thick, it weighs up to 15 cwt.,
and its form resembles that drawn here. It stood up behind on the
fish’s head. I was also in the Count of Nassau’s house1 which is very
splendidly built and as beautifully adorned. I have again dined j j with
my Lords (of Niirnberg).
Lady Margaret sent after me to Brussels and promised to speak for
me to King Karl, and she has shown herself quite exceptionally kind to
me. I sent her my engraved Passion and another copy to her treasurer,
Jan de Marnix by name, and I took his portrait in charcoal. I gave
2 st. for a buffalo ring, also 2 st. for opening St Luke’s picture2. When
I was in the Nassau house in the chapel there, I saw the good picture3
that Master Hugo van der Goes painted, and I saw the two fine large
halls and the treasures everywhere in the house, also the great bed
wherein 50 men can lie. And I saw the great stone which the storm
cast down in the field near the Lord of Nassau. The house stands high,
and from it there is a most beautiful view, at which one cannot but
wonder; and I do not believe that in all the German lands the like of
it exists.
Master Bernard van Orley, the painter, invited me and prepared so
costly a meal that I do not think 10 fl. will pay for it. Lady Margaret’s
Treasurer (Jan de Marnix), whom I drew, and the King’s Steward, Jehan
de Metenye by name, and the Town-Treasurer named Van Busleyden
invited themselves to it, to get me good company. I gave Master
Bernard a Passion engraved in copper, and he gave me in return a black
Spanish bag worth 3 fl. I have also given Erasmus of Rotterdam a
Passion engraved in copper. I gave a Passion engraved in copper to
Erasmus, Bannisis’ secretary. The man at Antwerp who gave me the
Child's head is named Lorenz Sterk. I took the portrait in charcoal of
Master Bernard, Lady Margaret’s painter. I have once more taken
Erasmus of Rotterdam’s portrait4. I gave Lorenz Sterk a sitting Jerome
and the Melancholy, and took a portrait of my hostess’ godmother. Six
people whose portraits I drew at Brussels have given me nothing. I
paid 3 st. for two buffalo horns and 1 st. for two Eulenspiegels5.
1 A reproduction of an old view of this house will be found in L' Art, 1884, I.
p. 188.
2 Doubtless a picture fabled to have been painted by St Luke. Many such
pictures were to be seen in those days.
3 This picture was painted on four panels and represented the Seven Sacraments
and a Crucifix. It is now lost. A similar picture is in the Antwerp Gallery,
ascribed to Roger van der Weyden.
4 This is perhaps the drawing in the Gigoux collection at Paris; it has been
photographed by Braun.
8 It is believed that Diirer here refers to an edition of the satirical tale edited by
Thomas Murner and published at Strassburg in 1519.