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.
Summary of graphic works by Albrecht Dürer |
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