PETER VISCHER 
ornament, the complete triumph of the worship of 
the antique is evident. Only the figures of the 
Saviour and of the Cardinal Virtues are borrowed 
from the ideas of Christian art. The rest is sheer 
paganism. 
* Without question Vischer’s Rathaus Railing 
takes the first place among the masterpieces of 
the distinct and complete Renaissance in Ger- 
many.” 
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