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pewrer gemacht Jm 1484 Jor.” Nothing is known, of this Wolfgang Pewrer, who
may have been only a copyist, but the inscription proves that Diirer was interested
in the composition, and that it existed as early as 1484 ; it is also probable that the
drawing on which Diirei’ wrote this note (as he wrote the notes and dates on drawings
by Schongauer) was in his own possession, and that he used it as a subject for his
engraving. Seeker conjectures that the original design may have been by W.
Pleydenwurff, who died in 1494.
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may have been only a copyist, but the inscription proves that Diirer was interested
in the composition, and that it existed as early as 1484 ; it is also probable that the
drawing on which Diirei’ wrote this note (as he wrote the notes and dates on drawings
by Schongauer) was in his own possession, and that he used it as a subject for his
engraving. Seeker conjectures that the original design may have been by W.
Pleydenwurff, who died in 1494.
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