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On these were represented Maximillian's genealogical tree and the principal events of his life. All these were arranged in the form of an arch, 9 feet wide and 10-1/2 feet high. It took Durer three years to do this work, and he was never well paid," so says one who has compiled many incidents of his life.
On his journey to see Charles V., Maximillian's successor, Durer kept a diary in which he noted the minutest details of all that happened to him. He told of the coronation of Charles; of hearing about a whale that had been cast upon the shore; of his disappointment that it had been removed before he had reached the place.
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