The copper plates were too soft to permit repeated printing without a weakening of the finer lines. Therefore, after the interruption occasioned by his second sojourn beyond the Alps, Dürer began experimentation with drypoint (1512). The result did not please him as it pleases his present-day admirers, and after only three experiments, therefore, Dürer ceased to work in this medium. He continued to search for new ways to achieve his ends.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	The Holy Family with St John, The Magdalen and Nicodemus c. 1512 Drypoint, 216 x 190 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	750*879 Grayscale 113 Kb
	St Jerome by the Pollard Willow 1512 Drypoint, 208 x 185 mm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	750*899 Grayscale 133 Kb
	Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound 1512 Drypoint, 117 x 75 mm Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	550*853 Grayscale 81 Kb