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Early German ancl Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
THE ENTOMBMENT.
Schr. 528. See A 7 (24).
THE RESURRECTION.
Schr. 513. See A 7 (25).
THE HOLY WOMEN AT THE SEPULCHRE.
Schr. 551. See A 7 (26).
A 20.
CHRIST APPEARING TO ST. MARY MAGDALEN.
Schr. 555. W.—D 41.
Christ stands r. holding a spade and a tall cross with a banner
attached to it in his 1. hand. He has a cruciform nimbus with single
rim, and wears a mantle draped loosely round him, leaving his breast
and r. arm bare. His body is directed r., but he turns his head and
r. hand 1. towards St. Mary Magdalen, who kneels 1. looking up at him
with her box of ointment at her side. She wears a closely-fitting robe
and a loose mantle. Her nimbus has a single rim. On a mound behind
her grows a tree of very primitive design, and there are four tufts of
grass in the foreground. A scroll passes from Christ’s head upwards to
1. destined probably to contain the worcls “ Noli me tangere,” which the
colourist has not inserted in this impression.
The drawing of the faces is very peculiar. They have long, slanting
eyes and pointed chins. The nose is simply an acute angle, and two
straight lines represent the mouth. The fingers are long and tapering
without articulations. The folds of the drapery are soft and rounded.
There is no indication of sky. No hatching is used. The border is
single.
[137 X 96.] Good and well-preserved impression, cut close to tlie borders.
Colours : crimson lake, flesh colour, yellow oclire, green, dark grey, brown.
From the William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1860.
CHRIST APPEARING TO ST. MARY MAGDALEN.
Schr. 558. See A 7 (27).
THE INC'REDULITY OF ST. THOMAS.
Schr. 569. See A 7 (28).
“ TIIE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS.”
Schr. 576. See A 3 (4).
THE LAST JUDGMENT (State II.).
Schr. 598. Sse the collection of Italian Woodcuts.
A 21.
TIIE LAST JUDGMENT.
Schr. 599. W.—D 43.
Christ, witli lily and sword, sits, centre, on a rainbow. His feet rest
also on a rainbow. The twelve apostles are seen to the waist only,
above a band of conventional clouds, six on either side. A little lower
the Virgin and St. John Baptist intercede for the souls of men as they
rise from their graves in the foreground. Three angels bear the instru-
ments of the Passion. Two others sound trumpets, to which scrolls are
Early German ancl Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
THE ENTOMBMENT.
Schr. 528. See A 7 (24).
THE RESURRECTION.
Schr. 513. See A 7 (25).
THE HOLY WOMEN AT THE SEPULCHRE.
Schr. 551. See A 7 (26).
A 20.
CHRIST APPEARING TO ST. MARY MAGDALEN.
Schr. 555. W.—D 41.
Christ stands r. holding a spade and a tall cross with a banner
attached to it in his 1. hand. He has a cruciform nimbus with single
rim, and wears a mantle draped loosely round him, leaving his breast
and r. arm bare. His body is directed r., but he turns his head and
r. hand 1. towards St. Mary Magdalen, who kneels 1. looking up at him
with her box of ointment at her side. She wears a closely-fitting robe
and a loose mantle. Her nimbus has a single rim. On a mound behind
her grows a tree of very primitive design, and there are four tufts of
grass in the foreground. A scroll passes from Christ’s head upwards to
1. destined probably to contain the worcls “ Noli me tangere,” which the
colourist has not inserted in this impression.
The drawing of the faces is very peculiar. They have long, slanting
eyes and pointed chins. The nose is simply an acute angle, and two
straight lines represent the mouth. The fingers are long and tapering
without articulations. The folds of the drapery are soft and rounded.
There is no indication of sky. No hatching is used. The border is
single.
[137 X 96.] Good and well-preserved impression, cut close to tlie borders.
Colours : crimson lake, flesh colour, yellow oclire, green, dark grey, brown.
From the William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1860.
CHRIST APPEARING TO ST. MARY MAGDALEN.
Schr. 558. See A 7 (27).
THE INC'REDULITY OF ST. THOMAS.
Schr. 569. See A 7 (28).
“ TIIE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS.”
Schr. 576. See A 3 (4).
THE LAST JUDGMENT (State II.).
Schr. 598. Sse the collection of Italian Woodcuts.
A 21.
TIIE LAST JUDGMENT.
Schr. 599. W.—D 43.
Christ, witli lily and sword, sits, centre, on a rainbow. His feet rest
also on a rainbow. The twelve apostles are seen to the waist only,
above a band of conventional clouds, six on either side. A little lower
the Virgin and St. John Baptist intercede for the souls of men as they
rise from their graves in the foreground. Three angels bear the instru-
ments of the Passion. Two others sound trumpets, to which scrolls are