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Earhj Qerman and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
and wears a long simple robe, gathered up on one side, so as to show the
petticoat below. A man in a turban and short gown stands behind her.
A tower with a tall, narrow doorway and wooden door standing open
is seen behind the executioner 1. The foreground is grassy. In the
distance are two trees, and beyond them a river with boats and a town
on the farther bank. Two hills form the boundary of the landscape, one
of which has a tree on the top, the other a convent or fortress with a
church. Four wavy lines represent clouds. Hatching is sparingly used
on tlre drapery. The open doorway is shaded by regular lines, slanting
from r. to 1. The border is single and broad.
[272 X 188.] Good impression in very black ink, but damaged, a largc piece being
torn off at tke 1. lower corner, and a smaller piece in the r. lower corner. Colours:
crimson lake (very bright), yellow, reddish brown, grey brown, dark brown, green.
Watermark, bull’s head with stem and flower. Margin on all sides, much torn.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872.
This cut is a copy in reverse of Schr. 1516, of which two impressions are knowu, iu
the Berlin Cabinet and tlie von Lanna collection, Prague. The Berlin impression, when
discovered by Kindlinger at the convent of Marienthal in the Bheingau, was accom-
panied by a leaf of vellum bearing indulgences granted by the Bishops of Salzburg and
Chiemsee. The strip of illuminated vellum which accompanies the present cut, haviug
been detached from tlie book in which it was found (W. u. Z. i, p. 291), bears the
words . . . dno Gerhoho Chyemesis eccie Epi . . . which may be a fragment of
a similar indulgence of the Bishop of Chiemsee in Bavaria. It does not serve to fix the
date of the woodcut, for Gerhoch von Waldeck was Bishop of Chiemsee from 1354 to
1359 (Gams. Series Episcoporum, p. 267), at least a century before the probable date of
the cut. It is interesting, however, as an indication of the locality in which the cut
wns produced.
ST. JOHN THE EYANGELIST.
Schr. 1520 a. See D 4 (2).
A 90.
ST. JEBOME.
Schr. 1527. W.—D 85.
The saint, in the costume of a cardinal, stands, turning slightly to 1.
and with his r. hand draws out a thorn from the 1. foot of a lion, which
stands on its hind legs and rests its r. foot against St. Jerome’s knee. St,
Jerome holds a closed book and a long staff with a cross at the upper end
in his 1. hand. His mantle ancl the hood over his head are lined with
ermine. The cords attached to his hat are so long, that though he gathers
them up in his 1. hand just below a knot which joins them, they fall,
separately again, and trail on the ground at his feet. The ground is
marked by a single line. Near the saint’s head 1. is a scrollwith the name
JodUCtUS * (Jfl'OUPUltJS. The ornament which follows is not a mere
flourish, but a kind of monster, with horns, four legs, and a very long
tail, twisted back over its body. The border is doubie. The inner line
is broken at the top by the saint’s nimbus, which has a double rim.
Hatching of a bold, firm kind occurs in the drapery.
[405 X 253.] A fine impression in pale, greyish iuk. The 1. upper corner is
restored, and tlie cut is damaged in some other parts, but well preserved on the whole.
Colours: crimson lake (faint above, verv brigbt below), carmine, yellow, orange, green,
light brown. No margin.
Purchased from Mr. Gutekunst, 1867.
Auotber impression, togetber with a companion cut of St. Christopher, is in the
Grand Ducal Museum at Weimar.
Earhj Qerman and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
and wears a long simple robe, gathered up on one side, so as to show the
petticoat below. A man in a turban and short gown stands behind her.
A tower with a tall, narrow doorway and wooden door standing open
is seen behind the executioner 1. The foreground is grassy. In the
distance are two trees, and beyond them a river with boats and a town
on the farther bank. Two hills form the boundary of the landscape, one
of which has a tree on the top, the other a convent or fortress with a
church. Four wavy lines represent clouds. Hatching is sparingly used
on tlre drapery. The open doorway is shaded by regular lines, slanting
from r. to 1. The border is single and broad.
[272 X 188.] Good impression in very black ink, but damaged, a largc piece being
torn off at tke 1. lower corner, and a smaller piece in the r. lower corner. Colours:
crimson lake (very bright), yellow, reddish brown, grey brown, dark brown, green.
Watermark, bull’s head with stem and flower. Margin on all sides, much torn.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872.
This cut is a copy in reverse of Schr. 1516, of which two impressions are knowu, iu
the Berlin Cabinet and tlie von Lanna collection, Prague. The Berlin impression, when
discovered by Kindlinger at the convent of Marienthal in the Bheingau, was accom-
panied by a leaf of vellum bearing indulgences granted by the Bishops of Salzburg and
Chiemsee. The strip of illuminated vellum which accompanies the present cut, haviug
been detached from tlie book in which it was found (W. u. Z. i, p. 291), bears the
words . . . dno Gerhoho Chyemesis eccie Epi . . . which may be a fragment of
a similar indulgence of the Bishop of Chiemsee in Bavaria. It does not serve to fix the
date of the woodcut, for Gerhoch von Waldeck was Bishop of Chiemsee from 1354 to
1359 (Gams. Series Episcoporum, p. 267), at least a century before the probable date of
the cut. It is interesting, however, as an indication of the locality in which the cut
wns produced.
ST. JOHN THE EYANGELIST.
Schr. 1520 a. See D 4 (2).
A 90.
ST. JEBOME.
Schr. 1527. W.—D 85.
The saint, in the costume of a cardinal, stands, turning slightly to 1.
and with his r. hand draws out a thorn from the 1. foot of a lion, which
stands on its hind legs and rests its r. foot against St. Jerome’s knee. St,
Jerome holds a closed book and a long staff with a cross at the upper end
in his 1. hand. His mantle ancl the hood over his head are lined with
ermine. The cords attached to his hat are so long, that though he gathers
them up in his 1. hand just below a knot which joins them, they fall,
separately again, and trail on the ground at his feet. The ground is
marked by a single line. Near the saint’s head 1. is a scrollwith the name
JodUCtUS * (Jfl'OUPUltJS. The ornament which follows is not a mere
flourish, but a kind of monster, with horns, four legs, and a very long
tail, twisted back over its body. The border is doubie. The inner line
is broken at the top by the saint’s nimbus, which has a double rim.
Hatching of a bold, firm kind occurs in the drapery.
[405 X 253.] A fine impression in pale, greyish iuk. The 1. upper corner is
restored, and tlie cut is damaged in some other parts, but well preserved on the whole.
Colours: crimson lake (faint above, verv brigbt below), carmine, yellow, orange, green,
light brown. No margin.
Purchased from Mr. Gutekunst, 1867.
Auotber impression, togetber with a companion cut of St. Christopher, is in the
Grand Ducal Museum at Weimar.