DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.52600#0178
132
BENEDETTO MONTAGNA
shoulder of Isaac, who kneels, naked and with clasped hands, on a stone
to the right. An angel appearing in the air to the left, seizes with
both hands the sword of Abraham. Two peasants, beholding the scene,
kneel to the left, and in front of them appears the head of a donkey ;
while on the opposite side, half hidden by trees and bushes, is seen a
lamb. Isaac’s garments and a bundle of wood are lying on the ground
before the stone of immolation. In the background, a chain of moun-
tains. Signed below in the middle: “B * M”. 0.296 x 0.385. B. xiii.
333- No. 1.
'Impressions: Basle (angel only); Dresden, K. K. and F. A. II.;
Florence; Hamburg; London; Paris; Vienna, Alb. and Hofb.
This is undoubtedly one of the finest efforts of Benedetto, of a certain
elementary power in the conception, with which the simple, austere
treatment very well harmonises.
2. St. Benedict between Saints Scholastica, Justina,
Maur us and Placidus.
St. Benedict stands in a vaulted portico, on a low pedestal, holding a
pastoral staff in his right hand and a book in his left. To the left of
him are St. Scholastica, with a book in her right hand, and St. Justina,
who holds a palm-branch in her right hand and a book in her left, while
a dagger is plunged into her bosom. To the right of St. Benedict,
St. Maurus, who has a book in his right hand, turns, making a gesture
with his left, towards St. Placidus, who holds a palm-branch in his
right hand and a book in his left. Landscape background. A scroll,
attached to the pedestal, is inscribed : 's' benedeto ; while along
the lower border of the engraving are written the names of the at-
tendant saints and the initials of the artist, viz.
S- SCHOLASTICHA ' S’ IVSTINA ' B' M' ‘ S' MAVRO ' S' PLACIDO
0.280 x 0.228. B. xiii. 338. No. 10.
Impressions: London; Paris; Vienna, Hofb.
The above figures are reproduced on a Cafaggiolo plate, which from the
Franks collection passed to the British Museum. In an anonymous
Italian engraving of uncertain school, dating from the early six-
teenth century, which is also in the British Museum and represents
St. Francis among members of his three orders, the figures of Saints
Francis, Elizabeth, Anthony of Padua and Acursio are freely copied
from those of Saints Benedict, Scholastica, Maurus and Placidus in
Benedetto’s engraving.
3. St. Francis receiving the Stigmata.
St. Francis, kneeling in the foreground to the right on a ledge of rock
and raising his hands, receives the Stigmata from a crucified Seraph,
BENEDETTO MONTAGNA
shoulder of Isaac, who kneels, naked and with clasped hands, on a stone
to the right. An angel appearing in the air to the left, seizes with
both hands the sword of Abraham. Two peasants, beholding the scene,
kneel to the left, and in front of them appears the head of a donkey ;
while on the opposite side, half hidden by trees and bushes, is seen a
lamb. Isaac’s garments and a bundle of wood are lying on the ground
before the stone of immolation. In the background, a chain of moun-
tains. Signed below in the middle: “B * M”. 0.296 x 0.385. B. xiii.
333- No. 1.
'Impressions: Basle (angel only); Dresden, K. K. and F. A. II.;
Florence; Hamburg; London; Paris; Vienna, Alb. and Hofb.
This is undoubtedly one of the finest efforts of Benedetto, of a certain
elementary power in the conception, with which the simple, austere
treatment very well harmonises.
2. St. Benedict between Saints Scholastica, Justina,
Maur us and Placidus.
St. Benedict stands in a vaulted portico, on a low pedestal, holding a
pastoral staff in his right hand and a book in his left. To the left of
him are St. Scholastica, with a book in her right hand, and St. Justina,
who holds a palm-branch in her right hand and a book in her left, while
a dagger is plunged into her bosom. To the right of St. Benedict,
St. Maurus, who has a book in his right hand, turns, making a gesture
with his left, towards St. Placidus, who holds a palm-branch in his
right hand and a book in his left. Landscape background. A scroll,
attached to the pedestal, is inscribed : 's' benedeto ; while along
the lower border of the engraving are written the names of the at-
tendant saints and the initials of the artist, viz.
S- SCHOLASTICHA ' S’ IVSTINA ' B' M' ‘ S' MAVRO ' S' PLACIDO
0.280 x 0.228. B. xiii. 338. No. 10.
Impressions: London; Paris; Vienna, Hofb.
The above figures are reproduced on a Cafaggiolo plate, which from the
Franks collection passed to the British Museum. In an anonymous
Italian engraving of uncertain school, dating from the early six-
teenth century, which is also in the British Museum and represents
St. Francis among members of his three orders, the figures of Saints
Francis, Elizabeth, Anthony of Padua and Acursio are freely copied
from those of Saints Benedict, Scholastica, Maurus and Placidus in
Benedetto’s engraving.
3. St. Francis receiving the Stigmata.
St. Francis, kneeling in the foreground to the right on a ledge of rock
and raising his hands, receives the Stigmata from a crucified Seraph,