[Footnote 62: Though born at Köln, he was called Hans von Nürnberg. He was cannon-founder and gun-maker to Charles V.] [Footnote 63: Doubtless Dürer's portrait of Maximilian, now in the Gallery at Vienna, dated 1519. (_see_ p. 215).] [Footnote 64: Jacopo de' Barbari.] [Footnote 65: Bernard van Orley.] [Footnote 66: The catalogue of this library exists in the inventory of the Archduchess' possessions.] [Footnote 67: This is in the Musée Wicar at Lille; another portrait of Lukas van Leyden by Dürer was in the Earl of Warwick's collection (_see_ opposite).] [Footnote 68: Hieronymus Imhof.] [Footnote 69: A quarto tract by Luther, printed in 1520 (without place or date), entitled _Von der Babylonischen gefenglnuss der Kirchen_.] CHAPTER VII DÜRER'S LAST YEARS I Dürer came back home with health broken: yet it is to this period that the magnificent portraits at Berlin of Nuremberg Councillors belong, and certainly his hand and eye had never been more sure than when he produced them. The hall of the Rathhaus was decorated under his direction and from his designs, the actual painting being, it is supposed, chiefly the work of George Penz, who with his fellow prentices became famous in 1524 as one of "the three godless painters." We now come to a letter dated NÜRNBERG, _December_ 5, 1523, Sunday after Andrew's My dear and gracious Master Frey--I have received the little book you sent to Master (Ulrich) Varnbüler and me; when he has finished reading it I will read it too. As to the monkey-dance you want me to draw for you, I have drawn this one here, unskilfully enough, for it is a long time since I saw any monkeys; so pray put up with it. Convey my willing service to Herr Zwingli (the reformer), Hans Leu (a Protestant painter), Hans Urich, and my other good masters. ALBRECHT DÜRER. Divide these five little prints amongst you: I have nothing else new. This Master Felix Frey was a reformer at Zurich: he was probably not closely related to Hans Frey, Dürer's father-in-law, whose death is thus recorded in Dürer's book: In the year 1523 (as they reckon it), on our dear Lady's Day, when she was offered in the Temple, early, before the morning chimes, Hans Frey, my dear father-in-law, passed away. He had lain ill for almost six years and suffered quite incredible adversities in this world. He received the Sacraments before he died. God Almighty be gracious to him. Next we have letters from and to Niklas Kratzer, Astronomer to Henry VIII. He had been present when Dürer drew Erasmus' portrait at Antwerp. Dürer had also made a drawing of Kratzer, and later on Holbein was to paint his masterpiece in the Louvre from the Oxford professor. To the honourable and accomplished Albrecht Dürer, burgher of Nürnberg, my dear Master and Friend. LONDON, _October_ 24, 1524. Honourable, dear Sir,