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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
place of a retable, is the open. tomb, in which stands the half-length figure
of Christ as Man of Sorrows, with crossed hands and rod and scourge
under his elbows, standing under the cross and looking down at St.
Gregory. The spear, colunm and reed are seen to r., and behind
St. Gregory stands a deacon, who holds the papal crown. Hatching is
used in the drapery. There is a single border.
[142 X 98.] Good impression in black ink, slightly worm-eaten near 1. border,
otberwise well preserved. Colours: yellow, grey, black, green, a pinkisb brown,
cinnabar. Margin [1-6] uncoloured. tYatermark, bull’s head.
Purcbased from Messrs. Smitli, 1845.
A 86.
THE MASS OF ST. GEEGORY.
Scbr. 1485. W.—D 84.
St. Gregory, without a nhnbus, vested in alb and chasuble, kneels r.
with folded hands at the foot of the altar, on which are a missal, a chalice
standing on a corporal and covered, but no altar-lights. Behind, in place
of a retable, is the open tomb, in which the Man of Sorrows stands with
both hands stretched out, under the cross. A cardinal stands r., holding
the papal crown over the saint’s head. Hatching is sparingly used.
There is a single border.
[84 X 56.] Good impression, witbout margiu, of an rmimportant cut, wbicb belongs
to tbe same series as tbe Assumptiou and St. Catberioe already described (A 50, 76).
Colours: crimson lake, yellow, grey, green, cinnabar.
From tbe William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. C'olnagki, 186Q.
THE MASS OF ST. GREGORY.
Scbr. 1492. See A 3 (7).
SS. HENRY AXD KUNIGUNDA.
Sclir. 1498. See D 12.
A 87.
ST. HUBERT.
Sclir. 1500. W.—D 91.
St. Hubert, in hunting costume, doublet and hose and pointed boots,
kneels 1. on the ground, facing three-quarters r. with both hands raised. Hi.s
head is bare, surrounded by a nimbus with single rim. His hunting horn is
slung under his r. arm by a strap which passes over his 1. shoulder, and
his sword hangs at his 1. side. He gazes at t.he stag with a crucifix
between its horns, which advances towards him out of the wood r. St.
Hubert’s horse, which stands behind him, turns its head to gaze at the
miracle, and the three dogs fall on their knees before it. An angel is
seen to the waist in the air carrying a stole over St. Hubert’s head, and
a boy in the r. lower corner kneels with folded hands looking towards the
saint. The slope of the ground from 1. to r. is indicated by wavy lines.
Hatching is sparingly used. At the top of the cut is a borcler in the
shape of a beam, from which two objects are suspended 1. which have been
described by Waagen and Schreiber as coats of arms, but seem rather to be
crystals or pieces of stone of an angular shape. On the border itself is
the inscription:—
SAnrftts ijttpfrfttts )\i arst (?) tn iotnngm
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
place of a retable, is the open. tomb, in which stands the half-length figure
of Christ as Man of Sorrows, with crossed hands and rod and scourge
under his elbows, standing under the cross and looking down at St.
Gregory. The spear, colunm and reed are seen to r., and behind
St. Gregory stands a deacon, who holds the papal crown. Hatching is
used in the drapery. There is a single border.
[142 X 98.] Good impression in black ink, slightly worm-eaten near 1. border,
otberwise well preserved. Colours: yellow, grey, black, green, a pinkisb brown,
cinnabar. Margin [1-6] uncoloured. tYatermark, bull’s head.
Purcbased from Messrs. Smitli, 1845.
A 86.
THE MASS OF ST. GEEGORY.
Scbr. 1485. W.—D 84.
St. Gregory, without a nhnbus, vested in alb and chasuble, kneels r.
with folded hands at the foot of the altar, on which are a missal, a chalice
standing on a corporal and covered, but no altar-lights. Behind, in place
of a retable, is the open tomb, in which the Man of Sorrows stands with
both hands stretched out, under the cross. A cardinal stands r., holding
the papal crown over the saint’s head. Hatching is sparingly used.
There is a single border.
[84 X 56.] Good impression, witbout margiu, of an rmimportant cut, wbicb belongs
to tbe same series as tbe Assumptiou and St. Catberioe already described (A 50, 76).
Colours: crimson lake, yellow, grey, green, cinnabar.
From tbe William Russell collection. Purchased from Messrs. C'olnagki, 186Q.
THE MASS OF ST. GREGORY.
Scbr. 1492. See A 3 (7).
SS. HENRY AXD KUNIGUNDA.
Sclir. 1498. See D 12.
A 87.
ST. HUBERT.
Sclir. 1500. W.—D 91.
St. Hubert, in hunting costume, doublet and hose and pointed boots,
kneels 1. on the ground, facing three-quarters r. with both hands raised. Hi.s
head is bare, surrounded by a nimbus with single rim. His hunting horn is
slung under his r. arm by a strap which passes over his 1. shoulder, and
his sword hangs at his 1. side. He gazes at t.he stag with a crucifix
between its horns, which advances towards him out of the wood r. St.
Hubert’s horse, which stands behind him, turns its head to gaze at the
miracle, and the three dogs fall on their knees before it. An angel is
seen to the waist in the air carrying a stole over St. Hubert’s head, and
a boy in the r. lower corner kneels with folded hands looking towards the
saint. The slope of the ground from 1. to r. is indicated by wavy lines.
Hatching is sparingly used. At the top of the cut is a borcler in the
shape of a beam, from which two objects are suspended 1. which have been
described by Waagen and Schreiber as coats of arms, but seem rather to be
crystals or pieces of stone of an angular shape. On the border itself is
the inscription:—
SAnrftts ijttpfrfttts )\i arst (?) tn iotnngm