MINOR WORKS 
Peach-blossom marble all, the rare, the ripe 
As fresh-poured red wine of a mighty pulse 
True peach, 
Rosv and flawless ” 
So the German Cardinal shared the taste of 
Browning’s Roman Bishop. It was a taste that 
spread rapidly from Italy about this time, and 
brought in its train swift ruin to the industry of 
the bronze craftsmen. But the day of disaster 
had not yet come, and meantime the young Peter 
Vischer was busy with other works. "He had not 
yet, however, succeeded in being admitted as a 
meister of the Guild of Coppersmiths, and he took 
the present opportunity of submitting the Car- 
dinal's tomb-plate as his masterpiece. It was 
rejected for some obscure reason, just as, two 
years later, his splendid memorial of Frederick 
the Wise was rejected. Both of these pieces are 
signed “Opus M. Petri Fischers . Norimberge.” 
[n face of the fact that they were not accepted as 
masterpieces we cannot interpret the letter M. in 
these inscriptions as the initial of Mag7sty7 (master). 
[t must stand rather for Mznoris—< the work of 
Peter Fischer the younger.” | 
The present memorial takes the form of a life- 
size character-study of a mighty prince of the 
Church, and it is set in a Renaissance framework. 
It is a noble and intense piece of work which has 
been spoilt by the inscription tablet which covers 
the body. 
Unlike his father, but like most other artists of 
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