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138 BENEDETTO MONTAGNA
trees. In the middle distance, a town ; mountains in the background.
0.181 x 0.129. P. v. 155. No. 34.
Impression : Paris.
16. ‘The Nativity of Christ.
h The event takes place in a large ruined building. In the foreground
to the right, the Infant Christ is couched on a basket placed on a dilapi-
dated wall over which further back has been built a roof to shelter the
ox and the ass. To the left of the Child kneel (from right to left),
the Virgin (praying), St. Francis (carrying a cross) and St. Catherine
(praying, crowned and with a fragment of a wheel by her). On the other
side, St. John the Evangelist kneels in adoration ; behind him to the right
is seen little more than the head of St. Joseph. To the left, further
towards the background, a shepherd approaches, while in the distance
another is seated on a hill by his flock, pointing to the Star of Bethlehem
which appears in the right upper corner. Above, to the left, three angels
are hovering in the air, bearing a scroll. Signed below, to the right ;
‘"BENEDETTO MONTAGNA”. O.l6l X O.I46. P. V. I55 Sq. No. 36.
Impressions : Paris (2, one with the signature clipped).
17. The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist.
In the centre, the Virgin is seated on a carpet, spread on the grass,
and clasps the Child to her bosom, leaning her cheek towards His,
while the Baby twines His arms round her neck. The little St. John
the Baptist, who has a cross in his left hand, is sitting on the carpet to
the right. Below, to the left, appears the bust of St. Joseph, who
stands on a lower level and turns his head to the spectator, while raising
his left hand and holding a staff in his right. The scene takes place by
a river, the hilly banks of which, in the middle distance, are covered
with buildings and connected by a bridge. Signed above in the middle :
“ benedecto | montagna”. 0.142 x O.2IO. B. xiii. 337 sq. No. 8.
Impressions: Amsterdam; Bremen; Dresden, K. K. (ph. Braun);
London; Paris, B. N., Dutuit and E. de Rothschild (modern impression)
colls.; Vienna, Alb. and Hofb.
This engraving is probably identical with the Holy Family, of which
an impression was in the Paignon Dijonval collection at Paris (Benard,
Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, ii. 40). Its dimensions are given as
7 inches 9 lines b. by 5 inches 5 lines w., or about 0.211 X 0.147 m-»
which looks like an inversion of those stated above, the description
applying in other respects perfectly to the piece under consideration.
The plate is said to have been retouched. A mediocre copy in the
reverse, without the signature, is mentioned by P. v. 155 j I have never
met with any impression of it.
trees. In the middle distance, a town ; mountains in the background.
0.181 x 0.129. P. v. 155. No. 34.
Impression : Paris.
16. ‘The Nativity of Christ.
h The event takes place in a large ruined building. In the foreground
to the right, the Infant Christ is couched on a basket placed on a dilapi-
dated wall over which further back has been built a roof to shelter the
ox and the ass. To the left of the Child kneel (from right to left),
the Virgin (praying), St. Francis (carrying a cross) and St. Catherine
(praying, crowned and with a fragment of a wheel by her). On the other
side, St. John the Evangelist kneels in adoration ; behind him to the right
is seen little more than the head of St. Joseph. To the left, further
towards the background, a shepherd approaches, while in the distance
another is seated on a hill by his flock, pointing to the Star of Bethlehem
which appears in the right upper corner. Above, to the left, three angels
are hovering in the air, bearing a scroll. Signed below, to the right ;
‘"BENEDETTO MONTAGNA”. O.l6l X O.I46. P. V. I55 Sq. No. 36.
Impressions : Paris (2, one with the signature clipped).
17. The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist.
In the centre, the Virgin is seated on a carpet, spread on the grass,
and clasps the Child to her bosom, leaning her cheek towards His,
while the Baby twines His arms round her neck. The little St. John
the Baptist, who has a cross in his left hand, is sitting on the carpet to
the right. Below, to the left, appears the bust of St. Joseph, who
stands on a lower level and turns his head to the spectator, while raising
his left hand and holding a staff in his right. The scene takes place by
a river, the hilly banks of which, in the middle distance, are covered
with buildings and connected by a bridge. Signed above in the middle :
“ benedecto | montagna”. 0.142 x O.2IO. B. xiii. 337 sq. No. 8.
Impressions: Amsterdam; Bremen; Dresden, K. K. (ph. Braun);
London; Paris, B. N., Dutuit and E. de Rothschild (modern impression)
colls.; Vienna, Alb. and Hofb.
This engraving is probably identical with the Holy Family, of which
an impression was in the Paignon Dijonval collection at Paris (Benard,
Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, ii. 40). Its dimensions are given as
7 inches 9 lines b. by 5 inches 5 lines w., or about 0.211 X 0.147 m-»
which looks like an inversion of those stated above, the description
applying in other respects perfectly to the piece under consideration.
The plate is said to have been retouched. A mediocre copy in the
reverse, without the signature, is mentioned by P. v. 155 j I have never
met with any impression of it.