Excerpt from Peter Vischer<br><br>HE Germans have by nature the gift of working in metal, and, among them, in the realms of bronze, Peter Vischer stands easily first. His position as a craftsman may, in fact, be com pared with that held by his contemporary and fellow citizen, Albert Durer, as an artist. The history of his works and of those of his house, have a peculiar interest to the student of art, in asmuch as they illustrate the gradual but easily traceable passage of the German craftsmen from the style of late Gothic to that of complete. Neo paganism, and from the school of the Northern painters and sculptors to that of the great Italian masters successively.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.