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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
r. hand. His nimbus is cruciform, with a singie rim. There is no
indication of sky, and no hatching. The border is single.
[132 x 92.] Tliis cut resembles in tecknique Sclir. 786 and 801 (see A 28, 29).
It is ratker a late impression, after a craclr near tke middle of tke lower border,
and badly printed. Some of the lines have not caugkt tke inb, wliile otkers are
overckarged and blurred. Colours (carelessly applied) : carmine, dull yellow, green,
pale brown. Margin [5-9] slightly torn and worm-eaten, not coloured.
Purckased from Mr. Rosentkal, 1879. Style and origin tke same as tkose of
A 28, 29. Formerly described as a metal-cut.
A 57.
THE YIRGTN AND CHILD IN GLORY, STANDING.
Sckr. 1078. W.—D 53.
The Yirgin stands on the ground, turning slightly r., wearing a richly
ornamented crown, a robe and a long mantle, which trails behind her.
She has a plain nimbus and a halo of rays round her body. She carries
the naked child on her 1. arm, and raises her r. hand towards him. He
is in a sitting posture, with both hands raised. His nimbus is cruciform
with a single rim. The ground is marked by a few horizontal lines.
There is no indication of sky and very little hatching. The border is
single.
[75 X 54.] Good impression of an unimportant cut. Tke 1. upper and r. lower
corners kave been torn off, but tke latter kas been repaired. Colours: crimson lake,
yellow, green, blue, traces of gold over a ligkt red pigment on nimbus and crown.
Margin (cut very close to border), dull red.
From tke William Russell collection. Purcliased from Messrs. Colnagki, 1860.
THE VIIIGIN AND CHILD IN GLOEY, WITH ANGELS.
(Drawing)
The Yirgin, wearing a jewelled crown, robe, mantle, and pointed shoes,
stands on the crescent, surrounded by a halo of rays and fiames. She
carries the naked child on her r. arm, and holds him with both hands.
The ground below the crescent is covered with grass and flowers. Four
angels are seen in the corners, kneeling with folded hands, two in the
air and two on the ground. Near them are scrolls, with the following
inscriptions in scarlet ink :—
Above (1) Hec divia vir ... (2) Xt genuit re.
Below (2) Fude ftces ad filium (2) Pro salute fideliu.
[76 X 57.] Anotker specimen of tke drawings used in tke same way as woodcuts
to illustrate devotional M8S. (see pp. 61, 67). Colours: vermilion, dark blue, green,
white (all body-colours), yellow, carmine (water-colours); traces of oxidized rnetal
on tke Virgin’s crown and tke border of ker mantle.
Purckased from Mr. Bousfield, 1S50.
A 58.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN GLORY, WTTH ANGELS.
Schr. 1109. W.—D 52.
The Yirgin stands, facing slightly r., on the crescent, wearing an
imperial crown, a robe and mantle. Her hair is long and wavy. She has
a plain nimbus and a halo of rays round her body. She holds the naked
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
r. hand. His nimbus is cruciform, with a singie rim. There is no
indication of sky, and no hatching. The border is single.
[132 x 92.] Tliis cut resembles in tecknique Sclir. 786 and 801 (see A 28, 29).
It is ratker a late impression, after a craclr near tke middle of tke lower border,
and badly printed. Some of the lines have not caugkt tke inb, wliile otkers are
overckarged and blurred. Colours (carelessly applied) : carmine, dull yellow, green,
pale brown. Margin [5-9] slightly torn and worm-eaten, not coloured.
Purckased from Mr. Rosentkal, 1879. Style and origin tke same as tkose of
A 28, 29. Formerly described as a metal-cut.
A 57.
THE YIRGTN AND CHILD IN GLORY, STANDING.
Sckr. 1078. W.—D 53.
The Yirgin stands on the ground, turning slightly r., wearing a richly
ornamented crown, a robe and a long mantle, which trails behind her.
She has a plain nimbus and a halo of rays round her body. She carries
the naked child on her 1. arm, and raises her r. hand towards him. He
is in a sitting posture, with both hands raised. His nimbus is cruciform
with a single rim. The ground is marked by a few horizontal lines.
There is no indication of sky and very little hatching. The border is
single.
[75 X 54.] Good impression of an unimportant cut. Tke 1. upper and r. lower
corners kave been torn off, but tke latter kas been repaired. Colours: crimson lake,
yellow, green, blue, traces of gold over a ligkt red pigment on nimbus and crown.
Margin (cut very close to border), dull red.
From tke William Russell collection. Purcliased from Messrs. Colnagki, 1860.
THE VIIIGIN AND CHILD IN GLOEY, WITH ANGELS.
(Drawing)
The Yirgin, wearing a jewelled crown, robe, mantle, and pointed shoes,
stands on the crescent, surrounded by a halo of rays and fiames. She
carries the naked child on her r. arm, and holds him with both hands.
The ground below the crescent is covered with grass and flowers. Four
angels are seen in the corners, kneeling with folded hands, two in the
air and two on the ground. Near them are scrolls, with the following
inscriptions in scarlet ink :—
Above (1) Hec divia vir ... (2) Xt genuit re.
Below (2) Fude ftces ad filium (2) Pro salute fideliu.
[76 X 57.] Anotker specimen of tke drawings used in tke same way as woodcuts
to illustrate devotional M8S. (see pp. 61, 67). Colours: vermilion, dark blue, green,
white (all body-colours), yellow, carmine (water-colours); traces of oxidized rnetal
on tke Virgin’s crown and tke border of ker mantle.
Purckased from Mr. Bousfield, 1S50.
A 58.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN GLORY, WTTH ANGELS.
Schr. 1109. W.—D 52.
The Yirgin stands, facing slightly r., on the crescent, wearing an
imperial crown, a robe and mantle. Her hair is long and wavy. She has
a plain nimbus and a halo of rays round her body. She holds the naked