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Division A.—Single Woodcuts.
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A 64.
THE YIRGIN AND CHILD WITH EIGHT VIRGIN SAINTS.
Schr. 1170 ; W. u. Z. 53. W.—C 11.
The Yirgin, wearing a high imperial crown with veil, mantle and robe,
sits in the middle of an octagonal garden snrrounded by a low wall. On
either side o£ her are the following four saints : to 1. (1) a saint who
cannot be recognised, owing to the mutilation of the print, probably
St. Agatha or St. Agnes ; (2) St. Catherine of Alexandria, with wheel
and sword, who is receiving the ring from the hand of Christ, who sits, a
naked infant, on his mother’s lap. Then to r. (3) St. Dorothy, with
basket of flowers; (4) St. Barbara, with the tower. Between these saints
and the wall are four trees. Lower down, near the front wall, are four
more virgins ; (5) St. Ursula with an arrow; (6) St. Lucy, with a lighted
taper ; (7) St. Apollonia, holding a tooth in a pair of pincers ; (8) St.
Margaret, holding a captive dragon by a cord. St. Catherine, St. Ursula,
and St. Margaret wear crowns. All the saints have a plain nimbus with
a single rim. The ground is grassy. There is no indication of sky. A
little hatching is used in the drapery. The border is single.
[248 x 165 (cut).] A rather late impression, after cracks in tlie border. All tlie
1. and lower sides are imperfect, the border and part of the design having been torn
away. Colours: blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple. ’Watermark, bull’s head with
stem and star.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872. Formerly described as a metal-cut.
A 65.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST. ANNE.
Schr. 1190. W.—D 55.
St. Anne sits, looking straight before her, in the middle of a wide
throne under a Gothic canopy, the roof of which over her head is sprinkled
with stars. She wears a veil and a mantle, clasped in front by a brooch,
which falls in soft, rounded folds over her knees to the ground, showing
part of her inner robe. She is of colossal height as compared with the
Yirgin, proportionally below the mean height, who sits on her r. knee,
with her hair bound by a circJet over her brow, and wearing a simple robe,
cut square at the neck and with tight sleeves. The infant Christ, who is
quite naked, stands on St. Anne’s 1. knee, supported by her 1. hand, and
stretches both hands towards his mother, who is giving him a pear. The
nimbus of the Yirgin is quite plain, that of Christ floriated, with a border
of ornament between the arrns of the cross. That of St. Anne is triple
and very large [diam. 91], and the wide outer rim is studded with precious
stones. No hatching is used. The border is single.
[408 x 272.] A good impression of this fine and important cut, and in fair presei
vation, though damaged in several places It has at some time been folded horizontally
across the middle, and been cracked in consequence. Colours : crimson lake, carmine,
yellow, grey, green, traces of a light red (cinnabar ?). Margin [8-18] uncoloured.
See Renouvier, Histoire, etc., p. 45; Waagen, Treasures of Art, i, p. 288. Repr. by
Ph. Berjeau (reduced) in “ Le Bibliophile Illustre,” ii, p. 8, 1865.
Purchased from Messrs. Smith, 1849. From the Beckford collection.
G 2
83
A 64.
THE YIRGIN AND CHILD WITH EIGHT VIRGIN SAINTS.
Schr. 1170 ; W. u. Z. 53. W.—C 11.
The Yirgin, wearing a high imperial crown with veil, mantle and robe,
sits in the middle of an octagonal garden snrrounded by a low wall. On
either side o£ her are the following four saints : to 1. (1) a saint who
cannot be recognised, owing to the mutilation of the print, probably
St. Agatha or St. Agnes ; (2) St. Catherine of Alexandria, with wheel
and sword, who is receiving the ring from the hand of Christ, who sits, a
naked infant, on his mother’s lap. Then to r. (3) St. Dorothy, with
basket of flowers; (4) St. Barbara, with the tower. Between these saints
and the wall are four trees. Lower down, near the front wall, are four
more virgins ; (5) St. Ursula with an arrow; (6) St. Lucy, with a lighted
taper ; (7) St. Apollonia, holding a tooth in a pair of pincers ; (8) St.
Margaret, holding a captive dragon by a cord. St. Catherine, St. Ursula,
and St. Margaret wear crowns. All the saints have a plain nimbus with
a single rim. The ground is grassy. There is no indication of sky. A
little hatching is used in the drapery. The border is single.
[248 x 165 (cut).] A rather late impression, after cracks in tlie border. All tlie
1. and lower sides are imperfect, the border and part of the design having been torn
away. Colours: blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple. ’Watermark, bull’s head with
stem and star.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872. Formerly described as a metal-cut.
A 65.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST. ANNE.
Schr. 1190. W.—D 55.
St. Anne sits, looking straight before her, in the middle of a wide
throne under a Gothic canopy, the roof of which over her head is sprinkled
with stars. She wears a veil and a mantle, clasped in front by a brooch,
which falls in soft, rounded folds over her knees to the ground, showing
part of her inner robe. She is of colossal height as compared with the
Yirgin, proportionally below the mean height, who sits on her r. knee,
with her hair bound by a circJet over her brow, and wearing a simple robe,
cut square at the neck and with tight sleeves. The infant Christ, who is
quite naked, stands on St. Anne’s 1. knee, supported by her 1. hand, and
stretches both hands towards his mother, who is giving him a pear. The
nimbus of the Yirgin is quite plain, that of Christ floriated, with a border
of ornament between the arrns of the cross. That of St. Anne is triple
and very large [diam. 91], and the wide outer rim is studded with precious
stones. No hatching is used. The border is single.
[408 x 272.] A good impression of this fine and important cut, and in fair presei
vation, though damaged in several places It has at some time been folded horizontally
across the middle, and been cracked in consequence. Colours : crimson lake, carmine,
yellow, grey, green, traces of a light red (cinnabar ?). Margin [8-18] uncoloured.
See Renouvier, Histoire, etc., p. 45; Waagen, Treasures of Art, i, p. 288. Repr. by
Ph. Berjeau (reduced) in “ Le Bibliophile Illustre,” ii, p. 8, 1865.
Purchased from Messrs. Smith, 1849. From the Beckford collection.
G 2