"He did not devote himself to the study of literature, though he was in a great measure master of what it conveys, especially of natural science and mathematics. He was well acquainted with the principal facts of these sciences, and could apply them as well as set them forth in words: witness his treatises on geometry, in which there is nothing to be desired that I can find, at least so far as he has undertaken to treat the subject.... But Nature had especially designed him for painting, which study he embraced with all his might, and was never tired of considering the works and methods of celebrated painters, and learning from them all that commended itself to him.... If he had a fault it was this: that he worked with too untiring industry, and practised a degree of severity towards himself that he often carried beyond bounds." A LIST OF ALBERT DÜRER'S CHIEF PAINTINGS NOW IN EXISTENCE, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR EXECUTION, AND THEIR PRESENT LOCATIONS. _The interrogation-mark is annexed to the titles of certain paintings which two or more critics regard as of doubtful authenticity._ GERMANY. NUREMBERG.--_Germanic Museum,_--Emperor Maximilian; Burgomaster Holzschuher, 1526. _St. Maurice Gallery,_--Pietà; Ecce Homo. _Rath-Haus_,--Emperor Sigismund(?); Charlemagne(?). MUNICH PINAKOTHEK.--Baumgärtner Altar-piece, 1513; Suicide of Lucretia, 1518; Albert Dürer, 1500; Oswald Krell, 1499; Michael Wohlgemuth, 1516; Albert Dürer the Elder, 1497; the Nativity; Sts. Paul and Mark, 1526; Sts. Peter and John, 1526; a Knight in Armor(?); Sts. Joachim and Joseph, 1523; St. Simeon and Bishop Lazarus, 1523; Death of the Virgin; a Young Man, 1500; Pietà(?); Mater Dolorosa. DRESDEN MUSEUM.--Christ Bearing the Cross; the Crucifixion; a Hare; Lucas van Leyden; Madonna and Saints (?). COLOGNE.--_Museum,_--Drummer and Piper; Madonna (?). _Church of Sta. Maria im Capitol,_--Death of the Virgin. FRANKFORT.--_Municipal Gallery,_--Two portraits. _Städel Institute,_--Catherine Fürleger; Albert Dürer the Elder. CASSEL.--_Friedrich Museum,_--The Passion. _Bellevue,_--Erasmus of Rotterdam. POMMERSFELDEN.--Jacob Müffel. LUSTSCHENA (Baron Speck).--A Young Lady. ASCHAFFENBURG.--Albert Dürer. AUGSBURG.--Two Masques. Several others in the Castle of Stolzenfels. AUSTRIA. VIENNA.--_Belvedere,_--Emperor Maximilian, 1519; Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians, 1508; Madonna, 1506; Adoration of the Magi, 1504; Madonna, 1503; Adoration of the Holy Trinity, 1511; Madonna; Young Man, 1507; Johann Kleeberger, 1526; and others not definitely authenticated. _The Albertina,_--Emperor Maximilian, Green Passion, and 160 drawings. _Czernin Palace,_--Portrait. The old Ambraser, Lichtenstein, and Von Lamberg collections included four portraits and two religious pictures. _St. Wolfgang's Church,_ Upper Austria,--Death of the Virgin. PESTH.--Christ on the Cross. PRAGUE.--_Strahow Abbey,_--The Feast of Rose Garlands. NORTHERN EUROPE.