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Division A.—Single Woodeuts.
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child with both hands on her 1. arni. He holds an apple in his r. hand.
His nirabus is cruciform. Two angels, playing a lute and a viol, stand in
the air on either side of the Yirgin’s heacl. Two others, playing an organ
ancl a dulcimer, sit on the grass, on either side of the crescent. There is
no indication of sky and scarcely any hatching. The features are stiff, the
drapery angular but well arranged. The border is single.
[177 X 119.] Good impression in pale, brownish ink. Colours : dull yellow, brown»
dull red, verdigris green. Margin [10-12] slightly torn, not coloured.
Purchased from Mr. Tiffin, 1846. Probably identical with lot 1902 in the Ottley
catalogue, 1st part, May, 1837.
A 59.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN THE ROSAEY.
Schr. 1133; W. u. Z. 189. W.—D 105.
Within a rosary of flat beads, strung on a black thread and divided at
regular intervais by five roses, the Yirgin sits r., facing h, holding the
infant Christ on her knees. She wears a simple trefoil crown, a robe and
a long mantle, which falls in confused ancl sharply broken folcls. Her
nimbus is plain. The child, who has a cruciform nimbus with double rim,
looks over his r. shoulder at a young couple kneeling 1. with folcled hands.
The man seems to be about to receive a rosary which Christ holds in his
outstretchecl r. hand. Five rosaries hang on a rod suspended horizontally
from 1. to r. above the Yirgin’s head. The ground is marked by horizontal
lines, which seem, by the green colour, to be intended for grass. The
knees of the man are just visible beneath his tunic; the legs are ridiculously
short and stiff; he wears black shoes. The woman wears the Suabian
costume of about 1480. No hatching is used. The border is single.
Below the subject and separated from it by a single horizontal line is
the following xylographic text:—■
offt atns atncn rosenftrant? martc
bttO trent luntt tijcsto ioh bitft crc jjct
cn tst. Xcmitci) Bnm ersten etttcn glahtli
cn bttU Oarttacij. b . patcr ttostcr bnntt
ttacij ncbctn pr ttr ^cijctt attc tttarta So
offt cttpfacijt m btt tng tag tmb attf tcOc
bttscr frattctt tag XIF ,?/ar ahlad Uotltcij
cr sttttbctt. iBttrcij pahst Smvtctt gchcn.
[185 X 123.] Coloui's: chmson lake, pale yellow, grey, verdigris green. No
margin. Tbe lower part of the text is badlv worm-eaten, and the upper portion of
the cut has suffered damage in a few places. No watermark.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872.
The Pope Sixtus mentioned in the text is Sixtus IV., tlie date of whose pontificate
was 1471-1484. Jacob Sprenger, Prior of the Dominican Convent at Cologne, revived tlie
Confraternity of the Eosary in 1475. See his book, “Die erneuerte Rosenkranz-
bruderscliaft,” (Augsburg, J. Bamler, 1476). Hain 14961.
A 60.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN THE ROSARY, WITH ST. DOMINIC.
Within a rosary of oval beads, divided by five roses on which are
represented the five wounds,viz. : the sacred heart (above) and the pierced
hands and feet (on either side), the Virgin, crowned a.s Queen of Fleaven,
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child with both hands on her 1. arni. He holds an apple in his r. hand.
His nirabus is cruciform. Two angels, playing a lute and a viol, stand in
the air on either side of the Yirgin’s heacl. Two others, playing an organ
ancl a dulcimer, sit on the grass, on either side of the crescent. There is
no indication of sky and scarcely any hatching. The features are stiff, the
drapery angular but well arranged. The border is single.
[177 X 119.] Good impression in pale, brownish ink. Colours : dull yellow, brown»
dull red, verdigris green. Margin [10-12] slightly torn, not coloured.
Purchased from Mr. Tiffin, 1846. Probably identical with lot 1902 in the Ottley
catalogue, 1st part, May, 1837.
A 59.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN THE ROSAEY.
Schr. 1133; W. u. Z. 189. W.—D 105.
Within a rosary of flat beads, strung on a black thread and divided at
regular intervais by five roses, the Yirgin sits r., facing h, holding the
infant Christ on her knees. She wears a simple trefoil crown, a robe and
a long mantle, which falls in confused ancl sharply broken folcls. Her
nimbus is plain. The child, who has a cruciform nimbus with double rim,
looks over his r. shoulder at a young couple kneeling 1. with folcled hands.
The man seems to be about to receive a rosary which Christ holds in his
outstretchecl r. hand. Five rosaries hang on a rod suspended horizontally
from 1. to r. above the Yirgin’s head. The ground is marked by horizontal
lines, which seem, by the green colour, to be intended for grass. The
knees of the man are just visible beneath his tunic; the legs are ridiculously
short and stiff; he wears black shoes. The woman wears the Suabian
costume of about 1480. No hatching is used. The border is single.
Below the subject and separated from it by a single horizontal line is
the following xylographic text:—■
offt atns atncn rosenftrant? martc
bttO trent luntt tijcsto ioh bitft crc jjct
cn tst. Xcmitci) Bnm ersten etttcn glahtli
cn bttU Oarttacij. b . patcr ttostcr bnntt
ttacij ncbctn pr ttr ^cijctt attc tttarta So
offt cttpfacijt m btt tng tag tmb attf tcOc
bttscr frattctt tag XIF ,?/ar ahlad Uotltcij
cr sttttbctt. iBttrcij pahst Smvtctt gchcn.
[185 X 123.] Coloui's: chmson lake, pale yellow, grey, verdigris green. No
margin. Tbe lower part of the text is badlv worm-eaten, and the upper portion of
the cut has suffered damage in a few places. No watermark.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872.
The Pope Sixtus mentioned in the text is Sixtus IV., tlie date of whose pontificate
was 1471-1484. Jacob Sprenger, Prior of the Dominican Convent at Cologne, revived tlie
Confraternity of the Eosary in 1475. See his book, “Die erneuerte Rosenkranz-
bruderscliaft,” (Augsburg, J. Bamler, 1476). Hain 14961.
A 60.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN THE ROSARY, WITH ST. DOMINIC.
Within a rosary of oval beads, divided by five roses on which are
represented the five wounds,viz. : the sacred heart (above) and the pierced
hands and feet (on either side), the Virgin, crowned a.s Queen of Fleaven,