[39] This name is generally written Jeannet, and, according to Wornum’s “Epochs of Painting,” seems to have been applied indiscriminately almost to the two painters, Jehannet or Jehan Clouet, father and son. M. Lacroix appears also to include François under the same general cognomen; which, indeed, appears to have been a species of surname.—[Ed.]
[40] Buziack is the name by which this old wood-engraver is generally known.—[Ed.]
[41] The legend which accompanies this engraving is in old Italian; it relates to the famous prophecy of Isaiah as to the birth of Christ (Isaiah vii. 14).
[42] We presume this plate to be that commonly known among collectors of prints as “Death’s Horse;” it represents a knight on horseback followed by Death. The best impressions of this plate are prior to the date 1513. It is also called “The Christian Knight,” and “The Knight, Death, and the Devil.”—[Ed.]
[43] That Marc Antonio studied painting under Raphael, as is here implied, is more than doubtful, though he engraved a very large number of his various compositions, and was highly esteemed by the great master.—[Ed.]
[44] Giovanni B. B. Ghisi; Giorgio and Adams, his two sons; and Diana, his daughter.—[Ed.]
[45] This engraver, generally known by the single name of George, usually signed his plates with the surname Peins or Pentz.—[Ed.]
[46] He was born at Prague, although most of his works were executed in England.—[Tr.]
[47] Ambons—a kind of pulpit in the early Christian churches.—[Ed.]
[48] Strasbourg spire is 468 feet in height, the highest in the world. Amiens, the next, a mere flèche, is 422 feet.—[Tr.]