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In giving Pirckheimer the plate as well as the print, Dürer was giving up control over future use of the plate. Evidence from Pirckheimer’s library shows that he used this portrait as a bookplate instead of the actual bookplate also designed by Dürer for his use. \r\n\r\nHumanists like Pirckheimer sought to revive the classical system of learning through study of ancient Greek and Roman texts. The three-quarter head and shoulder view gives this portrait a classical feel. Below is a plaque imitating a classical stone inscription in Roman style lettering.","physicalDescription":"Portrait of collector Willibrand Pirckheimer. 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We live by the spirit. The rest belongs to death","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"On top of Cross"},{"content":"[watermark]","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"right side vertical, upside-down, similar to Briquet 4957 (Cologne 1528) "}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Portrait of Willibald Pirckheimer by Albrecht Durer; engraving; Nuremberg, Germany, 1524.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bartsch, Adam von, 1757-1821. <u>The illustrated Bartsch</u>. New York : Abaris Books, 1978-, Vol. x, no. 106 and commentary volume."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hollstein, F. W. H. <u>German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700</u>. 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