Peter Vischer

Cecil Headlam

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER I HERMANN VISCHER AND THE EARLY GERMAN BRONZE WORK

CHAPTER II PETER VISCHER: HIS LIFE

CHAPTER III THE EARLY WORKS OF PETER VISCHER

CHAPTER IV THE SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD

CHAPTER V THE TOMB OF MAXIMILIAN

CHAPTER VI THE TUCHER MONUMENT AND THE NUREMBERG MADONNA

CHAPTER VII THE MINOR WORKS OF PETER VISCHER THE YOUNGER

CHAPTER VIII THE TOMB OF ELECTOR FREDERICK THE WISE, AND THE RATHAUS RAILING

CHAPTER IX THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VISCHER

CHAPTER X THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORKS OF THE VISCHERS

INDEX

Title: Peter Vischer

Author: Cecil Headlam

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HANDBOOKS OF THE GREAT

CRAFTSMEN. EDITED BY

G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D.

PETER VISCHER

Handbooks of the Great Craftsmen.

Illustrated Monographs, Biographical and Critical, on the Great

Craftsmen and Workers of Ancient and Modern Times.

Edited by G. C. Williamson, Litt.D.

Imperial 16mo, with numerous Illustrations, 5s. net each.

First Volumes of the Series

THE PAVEMENT MASTERS OF SIENA. Workers in Graffito. By R. H. Hobart Cust, M.A.

PETER VISCHER. Bronze Founder. By Cecil Headlam, B.A.

THE IVORY WORKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. By A. M. Cust.

Others to follow.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.

STEIN PHOTO.] [FROM A DRAWING IN POSSESSION OF T. A. STEIN, NÜRNBERG

1. PORTRAIT OF PETER VISCHER

PETER VISCHER

CECIL HEADLAM, B.A.

FORMERLY DEMY OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD; AUTHOR OF

“THE STORY OF NUREMBERG,” ETC.

LONDON

GEORGE BELL AND SONS

1901

CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.

TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

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PETER VISCHER

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