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His ninety-one prints are extremely rare, with sixty surviving in one impression (copy) only, and none in more than five – there are a total of 124 impressions, 80 in
Amsterdam. It is thought that because his prints were made using only the shallow, scratched line of drypoint, probably on
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notes of his style that "he is an artist with a freedom of draughtsmanship quite remarkable at this epoch. If his manner of engraving has something of the irregularity of an amateur, his power of expression is vigorous and masterly."
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supported it; other suggestions have also been made. The trend of scholarly opinion has moved against the identification in more recent works in the 1980s. The design of the woodcuts for a 1473 edition of the
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made following a visit in 1483 or 1484 during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Reuwich printed the account in Latin of the trip, the
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by other artists are believed to be copies of missing works by this master. In particular,
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of Mainz Cathedral. The book also contained panoramas of six other cities, including
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