Dodgson, Campbell: Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts: preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (Band 1): [German and Flemish woodcuts of the XV century] (London, 1903)

CATALOGrUE OE GEEMAN AND
ELEMISH WOODCUTS.

PART I.

DIVISION A.—SINGLE WOODCUTS.

A 1.

ABEAHAM’S SACRIFICE.

Sclir. 16. W.—D 23.

Abraham stancls 1. brandishing a sword with his r. hancl over his
head, and holcling with his 1. hand the robe of Isaac, who kneels on the
steps o£ an altar r. In the r. upper corner an angel appears from the
midst of rays and conventional clouds. He lays his r. hand on the blade
of the sword and points with his 1. hand to a ram hanging by its horns
from a tree behincl the altar. Amother tree is seen to the 1. of Abraham,
and a flaming torch lies at his feet. Double borcler. No cross-hatching
is usecl.

[116 x 74.] Good impression with margin [7]. Colours: verdigris green, yellow,
crimson lake, pink, brown, grey; tke border dull red.

From the William Eussell collection. Purchased from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1860.

TFIE PASSION.

Schr. 24. See A 8 (1-18).

A 2.

THE ANNUNCIATION.

Schr. 36. W.—D 51.

The Virgin kneels on a dais 1. with folded hands before a prie-dieu
under a canopy. Gabriel kneels before her, near the edge of the dais,
holcling a blank scroll in his r. hancl. In the background r. are two
round-arched windows with circular panes of glass. Double border,
which has been cut at the top and on the r. side. No cross-hatching.
Shacled in straight, regular lines. The drapery is goocl.

[111 x 89.] G-ood impression, cut. Colours: yermilion, madder, verdigris green,
yellowish green, pale yellow ; the border vermilion.

From the William Russell collection. Purchased fromMessrs. Colnaghi, 1860.