[Illustration: MARTIN SCHONGAUER. CENSER Size of the original engraving, 11½ × 8¼ inches] The MASTER L Cz alone seems to have caught something of Schongauer’s spirit while, at the same time, preserving his own individuality. The face of the Redeemer in _Christ Entering Jerusalem_ is reminiscent of the earlier engraver; and, among the Apostles to the left, two, at least, are taken, with slight modifications, from Schongauer’s _Death of the Virgin_. _Christ Tempted_ has a singular charm. The figure of Satan, realistically treated, is an interesting example of that passion for the grotesque from which even the greatest artists in the North seemed unable to shake themselves wholly free. The wood in the middle distance, to the left of Christ, evinces a close study of natural forms, while the landscape takes its place admirably in the composition. The excessive rarity of engravings by L Cz alone has prevented them from being appreciated at their true worth. They are original in composition, full of fantasy and charm. Even so universal an artist as Albrecht Dürer did not disdain to borrow, from _Christ Tempted_, the motive of the mountain goat gazing downward, which reappears, slightly modified, in _Adam and Eve_, his masterpiece of the year 1504. ENGRAVERS AND ETCHERS GERMAN ENGRAVING: FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO MARTIN SCHONGAUER BIBLIOGRAPHY LE PEINTRE GRAVEUR. _By Adam Bartsch._ 21 volumes. Vienna: 1803-1821. Volumes 6 and 10, Early German Engravers. LES DEUX CENTS INCUNABLES XYLOGRAPHIQUES DU DÉPARTEMENT DES ESTAMPES. _By Henri Bouchot._ Volume 1, Text. Volume 2, Atlas (191 reproductions). Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. 1903. GESCHICHTE UND KRITISCHER KATALOG DES DEUTSCHEN, NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN UND FRANZÖSISCHEN KUPFERSTICHS IM XV. JAHRHUNDERT. _By Max Lehrs._ Vienna: Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst. Volume 1. The Primitives. With portfolio of 114 reproductions on 43 plates. 1908. Volume 2. Master E. S. With portfolio of 237 reproductions on 92 plates. 1910. DIE ÄLTESTEN DEUTSCHEN SPIELKARTEN DES KÖNIGLICHEN KUPFERSTICH-CABINETS ZU DRESDEN. _By Max Lehrs._ 97 reproductions on 29 plates. Dresden: W. Hoffmann. 1885. KATALOG DER IM GERMANISCHEN MUSEUM BEFINDLICHEN DEUTSCHEN KUPFERSTICHE DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS. _By Max Lehrs._ 1 original engraving and 9 reproductions. Nürnberg. 1887. LE PEINTRE-GRAVEUR. _By J. D. Passavant._ 6 volumes. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel. 1860-1864. Volumes 1 and 2, Early German Engravers. HISTOIRE DE L’ORIGINE ET DES PROGRÈS DE LA GRAVURE DANS LES PAYS-BAS ET EN ALLEMAGNE, JUSQU’À LA FIN DU QUINZIÈME SIÈCLE. _By Jules Renouvier._ Brussels: M. Hayez. 1860. DIE INKUNABELN DES KUPFERSTICHS IM KGL. KABINET ZU MÜNCHEN. _By Wilhelm Schmidt._ 32 reproductions. Munich. 1887.