The Nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim, Presenting Her Six Plays to Otto I Size:8" x 10" a miniature painted on ivory

a miniature painted on ivory

Charlotte Corday was a figure of the French Revolution

In later life

Pieter van der Heyden was a Flemish printmaker who is known for his reproductive engravings after works by leading Flemish painters and designers of the 16th century

He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight

The Nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim, Presenting Her Six Plays to Otto I Size:8" x 10" a miniature painted on ivoryThe Nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim was an authress. She is shown here presenting six plays to Emperor Otto I. Albrecht Durer was a painter, print maker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Durer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high quality woodcut prints.