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THE ENGRAVER 137
which waves a scroll, inscribed ressvresit. Behind Him, to the right,
the rock with His sepulchre ; further back, a town at the foot of mountains.
Signed on a tablet, below, in the middle : ’ B • M ’ 0.283 x 0.203.
P. v. 156. No. 37.
Impressions: Basle; London; Paris; Vienna, Alb. (2).
This dignified composition occurs in the reverse (with slight variations)
in a drawing in the Louvre, there attributed to Bartolomeo Montagna,
from whose style of drawing it seems, however, to differ by its carefully
finished penwork. This might perhaps be Benedetto’s own drawing
from which the engraving was executed. (On paper ; pen and bistre ;
washed with bistre, heightened with white. Ph. Braun.)
13. St. Anthony the Abbot.
The saint stands, joining his hands in prayer. Before him, to the
right, a pig, to the left, lying on the ground, a butterfly ; behind him,
to the left, his staff leaning against a bush. In the distance, to the
right, a cottage among trees. Signed below to the right: “ B • M ”.
0.265 x °-200- P- v. 156. No. 41.
Impressions: Basle; London; Paris, B. N. and E. de Rothschild coll.
14. St. Benedict teaching in a Convent.
The scene is a room where St. Benedict is seated on a bench to the
left. He supports with his left hand an opened book in his lap, and,
raising his right, seems to explain some passage to a number of monks,
seated and standing to the right. Through a doorway in the wall at
the back one sees the cloisters; a monk is kneeling on the lawn, planting
a flower, while others are sauntering under the arcades. A tablet on
a step below, in the foreground, is inscribed : “ B • M ”. 0.361 x 0.259.
B. xiii. 339. No. II.
Impressions: Basle; Chatsworth; Copenhagen; Dresden, K. K.
(fragment) ; London; Paris, B. N. and E. de Rothschild coll.; Vienna,
Alb. and Hofb.
Near to these engravings we may group the following
which are closely akin to each other as regards the
subjects also :
15. Bhe Nativity of Christ.
In the centre the Infant Christ is lying on the ground, with a fold
of His mother’s mantle spread under Him. The Virgin and St. Joseph
kneel in adoration of the Child to the left and the right, respectively.
Further back, to the left, a stable where the ox and the ass are
seen, and a ruined building; to the right, a large rock, covered with
which waves a scroll, inscribed ressvresit. Behind Him, to the right,
the rock with His sepulchre ; further back, a town at the foot of mountains.
Signed on a tablet, below, in the middle : ’ B • M ’ 0.283 x 0.203.
P. v. 156. No. 37.
Impressions: Basle; London; Paris; Vienna, Alb. (2).
This dignified composition occurs in the reverse (with slight variations)
in a drawing in the Louvre, there attributed to Bartolomeo Montagna,
from whose style of drawing it seems, however, to differ by its carefully
finished penwork. This might perhaps be Benedetto’s own drawing
from which the engraving was executed. (On paper ; pen and bistre ;
washed with bistre, heightened with white. Ph. Braun.)
13. St. Anthony the Abbot.
The saint stands, joining his hands in prayer. Before him, to the
right, a pig, to the left, lying on the ground, a butterfly ; behind him,
to the left, his staff leaning against a bush. In the distance, to the
right, a cottage among trees. Signed below to the right: “ B • M ”.
0.265 x °-200- P- v. 156. No. 41.
Impressions: Basle; London; Paris, B. N. and E. de Rothschild coll.
14. St. Benedict teaching in a Convent.
The scene is a room where St. Benedict is seated on a bench to the
left. He supports with his left hand an opened book in his lap, and,
raising his right, seems to explain some passage to a number of monks,
seated and standing to the right. Through a doorway in the wall at
the back one sees the cloisters; a monk is kneeling on the lawn, planting
a flower, while others are sauntering under the arcades. A tablet on
a step below, in the foreground, is inscribed : “ B • M ”. 0.361 x 0.259.
B. xiii. 339. No. II.
Impressions: Basle; Chatsworth; Copenhagen; Dresden, K. K.
(fragment) ; London; Paris, B. N. and E. de Rothschild coll.; Vienna,
Alb. and Hofb.
Near to these engravings we may group the following
which are closely akin to each other as regards the
subjects also :
15. Bhe Nativity of Christ.
In the centre the Infant Christ is lying on the ground, with a fold
of His mother’s mantle spread under Him. The Virgin and St. Joseph
kneel in adoration of the Child to the left and the right, respectively.
Further back, to the left, a stable where the ox and the ass are
seen, and a ruined building; to the right, a large rock, covered with