 His early works were fairly crude, but in the 1480s he developed an effective personal style and made increasingly large and finished works.His own compositions are often very lively, and take a great interest in the secular life of his day.One famous print, supposed to illustrate the story of St John the Baptist and Salome, pushes the specific incidents of the story far in the background to allow space for a scene of court dancers, dressed in the height of contemporary fashion, which takes up most of the plate.