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Earlij German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
lishecl in C. G. von Murr’s Journal, 1776, vol. ii, p. 104. The words
“ Scalps. sec. orig. Sebast. Roland. Norib. 1775,” which were cut on the
block just under the lower border r., have been cut off in the present
instance, and the paper has been stained with an infusion of coffee or
tobacco to give it the appearance of age. This facsiruile was itself copied
in 1821, with the inscription “ Secundum copiam S. Rolandi (1775)
scalpsit Zeune. 1821.” A better, but not verj accurate, reproduction was
published in Ottley’s “ History of Engraving,” i, p. 90. Other imitations,
with some variations from the original design, are mentioned by Schr. ii,
p. 352. The frontispiece to Linton’s “ Masters of Wood Engraving ” is
the best reproduction.
[286 x 205.]
Purchased from Messrs. Srnitli, 1845.
A 78.
ST. CHRISTOPHER.
Schr. 1378. W.—D 77.
St. Christopher wades towards the 1. through a river, carrying the
infant Christ on his 1. shoulder. He wears a short tunic and a mantle,
which floats in the air behind him, and holcls a tree with leafy branches
in his r. hand. There are rocks on both sides of the river. Single
border.
[36 x 28.] Good impression, cut to border. Colours: crimson lake, pale pink,
yellow, green. Otlier impressions of this cut are known. in the Huth Collection.
London, and the Munich Cabinet. It belongs, like the St. Catlierine described above
(A 77), to a series of cuts, of which six are known, described by Schr. under no. 1096.
From tlie William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1860.
A 79.
ST. DOMINIC.
Schr. 1387.
St. Dominic stands, facing fully to the front, in the habit of liis order,
white robe and scapular, black mantle and hood. He has a moustache
and a short beard. Round his tonsured head is an oval nimbus with
single rim, and on the disk of the nimbus is a six-rayed star. He holds in
bis 1. hand a model of a church, and in his r. hand a closed book and a
crucifix between two lilies. No hatching is used. The ground is marked
by a single line. The border is single.
[130 X 76.) Good impression, slightly damaged and repaired, on paper without
watermark (not vellum, as Sclir. states). Colours : black, grey, liglit brown. yellow.
green; the background scarlet (opaque).
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
A 80.
ST. DOROTIiY.
Sclir. 1398.
St. Dorothy sits on the ground, in a garden full of flowering plants,
enclosed by a low, wattled fence, wliich is seen at the back and front, but
not at the sides. Eier hair is drawn off her temples, leaving her 1. ear
Earlij German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
lishecl in C. G. von Murr’s Journal, 1776, vol. ii, p. 104. The words
“ Scalps. sec. orig. Sebast. Roland. Norib. 1775,” which were cut on the
block just under the lower border r., have been cut off in the present
instance, and the paper has been stained with an infusion of coffee or
tobacco to give it the appearance of age. This facsiruile was itself copied
in 1821, with the inscription “ Secundum copiam S. Rolandi (1775)
scalpsit Zeune. 1821.” A better, but not verj accurate, reproduction was
published in Ottley’s “ History of Engraving,” i, p. 90. Other imitations,
with some variations from the original design, are mentioned by Schr. ii,
p. 352. The frontispiece to Linton’s “ Masters of Wood Engraving ” is
the best reproduction.
[286 x 205.]
Purchased from Messrs. Srnitli, 1845.
A 78.
ST. CHRISTOPHER.
Schr. 1378. W.—D 77.
St. Christopher wades towards the 1. through a river, carrying the
infant Christ on his 1. shoulder. He wears a short tunic and a mantle,
which floats in the air behind him, and holcls a tree with leafy branches
in his r. hand. There are rocks on both sides of the river. Single
border.
[36 x 28.] Good impression, cut to border. Colours: crimson lake, pale pink,
yellow, green. Otlier impressions of this cut are known. in the Huth Collection.
London, and the Munich Cabinet. It belongs, like the St. Catlierine described above
(A 77), to a series of cuts, of which six are known, described by Schr. under no. 1096.
From tlie William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1860.
A 79.
ST. DOMINIC.
Schr. 1387.
St. Dominic stands, facing fully to the front, in the habit of liis order,
white robe and scapular, black mantle and hood. He has a moustache
and a short beard. Round his tonsured head is an oval nimbus with
single rim, and on the disk of the nimbus is a six-rayed star. He holds in
bis 1. hand a model of a church, and in his r. hand a closed book and a
crucifix between two lilies. No hatching is used. The ground is marked
by a single line. The border is single.
[130 X 76.) Good impression, slightly damaged and repaired, on paper without
watermark (not vellum, as Sclir. states). Colours : black, grey, liglit brown. yellow.
green; the background scarlet (opaque).
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
A 80.
ST. DOROTIiY.
Sclir. 1398.
St. Dorothy sits on the ground, in a garden full of flowering plants,
enclosed by a low, wattled fence, wliich is seen at the back and front, but
not at the sides. Eier hair is drawn off her temples, leaving her 1. ear