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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
transported ; tliat slre lreard angelic harmonies and was fed with celestial food, her only
snstenance. He carried the news to Maximin, Bishop of Aix, to whom St. Mary
Magdalen shortly after appeared, borne by angels, in his chapel. Soon after this she
died.
The halo, which Diirer nsually omitt.ed, has a special significance here. It is
intended to show that the Magdalen during her transport was bathed in supernatural
light, which the hermit could not behold without shading his eyes. Jacobus de
Yoragine descrihes this radiance, on the occasion of tlie Magdalen’s appearance to
Maximin, “ Ita vultus dominai ex continua et diuturna visione angelorum radiabat, ut
facilius solis radios quam faciem suam intueri quis posset.”
29a. THE ECSTASY OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. B, 121. H. 1885. R. 60.
[213 X 146.] Another impression, indistinctly printed and falsified with Indian ink
in several places, notably in the 1. lower comer. White paper. Watermark, Ha. 30 (?)
(indistinct). Yery slight margin.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
30. ST. JOHN TIIE BAPTIST AND ST. ONUPHRIUS.
B. 112. II. 1869. R. 58.
[213 x 142.] Good impression, without margin, Watermark, bull’s heacl with
caduceus (larger than Ha. 31).
Collections : St. Aubyn (F. 316) and Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The second saint was wrongly identified by Bartsch, Heller, and Retberg with St.
Jerome. Thairsing (i, 296) recognises in the garland of leaves the special attribute of
the Egyptian hermit Onuphrius, and compares the woodcut with two unfinished pictures
by Diirer (1504), representing the same saint-s, in the Bremen Gallery. Marcantonio’s
copy is dated 1506.
31. THE VISIT OF ST. ANTONY TO ST. PAUL THE HERMIT.
B. 107. H. 1867. R. 59.
St. Antony, xvhose emblem, a bell cbained to a double cross, is placed
on the table, sits 1. wearing a monastic habit with the cowl over his head.
St. Paul the Hermit r., bareheaded, with a pilgrim’s staff resting against
his 1. arm, looks up in amazement as the raven, which brings him his
daily bread, flies down with a double portion.
[213 X 141.] Good, but unequal, impression, cut slightly within the border on r.
side ; margin [4-6] at top and bottom. Watermark, Ha. 22a.
In the inventory of 1837.
Bartsch and Heller interpreted the second figure as Elijah ; Retberg describes
him rightly as Paul the Hermit. The story is to be found in the life of St. Antony,
in the Golden Legend. A study for this woodcut, not upright, but oblong in form, is
in the collection of Dr. Blasius of Brunswick (Lippmann, no. 141).
31a. THE VISIT OF ST. ANTONY TO ST. PAUL THE HERMIT.
B. 107. H. 1867. R. 59.
[214 X 144.] Another good impression, with border intact, but witliout margin. No
watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
32 ST. CIIRISTOPHER, WITH TIIE BIRDS. B. 104. H. 1823. R. 56.
[215x143.] Good impressiou, without margin. No watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
transported ; tliat slre lreard angelic harmonies and was fed with celestial food, her only
snstenance. He carried the news to Maximin, Bishop of Aix, to whom St. Mary
Magdalen shortly after appeared, borne by angels, in his chapel. Soon after this she
died.
The halo, which Diirer nsually omitt.ed, has a special significance here. It is
intended to show that the Magdalen during her transport was bathed in supernatural
light, which the hermit could not behold without shading his eyes. Jacobus de
Yoragine descrihes this radiance, on the occasion of tlie Magdalen’s appearance to
Maximin, “ Ita vultus dominai ex continua et diuturna visione angelorum radiabat, ut
facilius solis radios quam faciem suam intueri quis posset.”
29a. THE ECSTASY OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. B, 121. H. 1885. R. 60.
[213 X 146.] Another impression, indistinctly printed and falsified with Indian ink
in several places, notably in the 1. lower comer. White paper. Watermark, Ha. 30 (?)
(indistinct). Yery slight margin.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
30. ST. JOHN TIIE BAPTIST AND ST. ONUPHRIUS.
B. 112. II. 1869. R. 58.
[213 x 142.] Good impression, without margin, Watermark, bull’s heacl with
caduceus (larger than Ha. 31).
Collections : St. Aubyn (F. 316) and Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The second saint was wrongly identified by Bartsch, Heller, and Retberg with St.
Jerome. Thairsing (i, 296) recognises in the garland of leaves the special attribute of
the Egyptian hermit Onuphrius, and compares the woodcut with two unfinished pictures
by Diirer (1504), representing the same saint-s, in the Bremen Gallery. Marcantonio’s
copy is dated 1506.
31. THE VISIT OF ST. ANTONY TO ST. PAUL THE HERMIT.
B. 107. H. 1867. R. 59.
St. Antony, xvhose emblem, a bell cbained to a double cross, is placed
on the table, sits 1. wearing a monastic habit with the cowl over his head.
St. Paul the Hermit r., bareheaded, with a pilgrim’s staff resting against
his 1. arm, looks up in amazement as the raven, which brings him his
daily bread, flies down with a double portion.
[213 X 141.] Good, but unequal, impression, cut slightly within the border on r.
side ; margin [4-6] at top and bottom. Watermark, Ha. 22a.
In the inventory of 1837.
Bartsch and Heller interpreted the second figure as Elijah ; Retberg describes
him rightly as Paul the Hermit. The story is to be found in the life of St. Antony,
in the Golden Legend. A study for this woodcut, not upright, but oblong in form, is
in the collection of Dr. Blasius of Brunswick (Lippmann, no. 141).
31a. THE VISIT OF ST. ANTONY TO ST. PAUL THE HERMIT.
B. 107. H. 1867. R. 59.
[214 X 144.] Another good impression, with border intact, but witliout margin. No
watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
32 ST. CIIRISTOPHER, WITH TIIE BIRDS. B. 104. H. 1823. R. 56.
[215x143.] Good impressiou, without margin. No watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.