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Early German and Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
lialf, on tlie right, so that the poem consiated of four parallel coliunns, the -woodcut and
the first two stanzas of the poem balancing the sis remaining stanzas. Impressions in
the original state are in the collections at Stuttgart and Dresden(Slg. Friedr. Aug. II).
In this case the r. half of the sheet has heen cut off and mounted below what was
originally the left half. Watermark, Ha. 21.
In the inventory of 1837.
The woodcut is dated, but not signed; the monogram at the bottom of the poem
doubtless covers illustration as well as text, but even without it there could be no
possible doubt of Diirer’s authorship. The cut is closely allied to the Little Passion
in style as in dimensions. The first edition of the three broadsides was printed by
Hieronymus Holzel.
97a. CHRIST ON THE CROSS, BETWEEN THE YIRGIN AND ST. JOHN.
B. 55. H. 1632. R. 169.
Heconcl edition, with the heading :
“ Das sindt die sieben tage zeit
Darin christus auf erde leit.”
[Woodcut, 120 x 96; sheet as mounted, 205 x 343.] A later impression, with the
border of the block broken at the 1. lower corner. In this case the sheet is preserved in
its original condition, hut the paper is cut rather close to the text and irregularly.
The two halves have been folded while the ink was wet, and each portion of the text
lias left a blurred impression on the paper opposite. There are, moreover, on the
back of the print traces of an impression of the rhiuoceros (B. 136), taken in the same
way, while the ink was wet. That proves that tbis impression is not earlier than 1515 ;
it may be much later. There is no monogram at the end of the verses in this
edition.
Watermark, a beart with an arrow behind it, bearing a superficial resemblance to
Ha. 25a, which is given by Ha. as the watermark of this edition.
Collections : Firmin-Didot (F. 21), Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
t DEATPI AND THE SOLDIER. B. 132. H. 1901. R. 171.
(Reproduction.)
Facsimile, issued by the Diirer Society (iv, 24), of the Stuttgart impression of the
first edition.
98. DEATH AND TIIE SOLDIER. B. 132. H. 1901. R. 171.
Second edition, with the heading :
“ Kein ding hilfft fur den zeitlichen Todt
Darumb dienent Gott fru und spott.”
[Woodcut, 123 X 87; sheet as mounted, 343 X 155.] A fair impression from tlie
uninjured block, but not equal in sliarpness to tliose of tlie first edition.
Here again the r. portion of the poem has been cut off and attached to the bottom
of the 1. portion. Thcre is no monogram at tbe end of the vcrses in tbis edition.
Watermark, Ha. 25.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
99. TIIE SCHOOLMASTER. B. 133. II. 1900. R, 170.
First (only ?) edition, with the heading:
“ Wer recht bescheyden wol werden.
Der pit got trum hye auff erden.”
[Woodcut, 127 x 97; sheet as mounted, 441 x 170.] A fine impression, but sub-
sequcnt to a brcakage in tlie border-line r. a little more than hnlf-way up. Water-
Early German and Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
lialf, on tlie right, so that the poem consiated of four parallel coliunns, the -woodcut and
the first two stanzas of the poem balancing the sis remaining stanzas. Impressions in
the original state are in the collections at Stuttgart and Dresden(Slg. Friedr. Aug. II).
In this case the r. half of the sheet has heen cut off and mounted below what was
originally the left half. Watermark, Ha. 21.
In the inventory of 1837.
The woodcut is dated, but not signed; the monogram at the bottom of the poem
doubtless covers illustration as well as text, but even without it there could be no
possible doubt of Diirer’s authorship. The cut is closely allied to the Little Passion
in style as in dimensions. The first edition of the three broadsides was printed by
Hieronymus Holzel.
97a. CHRIST ON THE CROSS, BETWEEN THE YIRGIN AND ST. JOHN.
B. 55. H. 1632. R. 169.
Heconcl edition, with the heading :
“ Das sindt die sieben tage zeit
Darin christus auf erde leit.”
[Woodcut, 120 x 96; sheet as mounted, 205 x 343.] A later impression, with the
border of the block broken at the 1. lower corner. In this case the sheet is preserved in
its original condition, hut the paper is cut rather close to the text and irregularly.
The two halves have been folded while the ink was wet, and each portion of the text
lias left a blurred impression on the paper opposite. There are, moreover, on the
back of the print traces of an impression of the rhiuoceros (B. 136), taken in the same
way, while the ink was wet. That proves that tbis impression is not earlier than 1515 ;
it may be much later. There is no monogram at the end of the verses in this
edition.
Watermark, a beart with an arrow behind it, bearing a superficial resemblance to
Ha. 25a, which is given by Ha. as the watermark of this edition.
Collections : Firmin-Didot (F. 21), Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
t DEATPI AND THE SOLDIER. B. 132. H. 1901. R. 171.
(Reproduction.)
Facsimile, issued by the Diirer Society (iv, 24), of the Stuttgart impression of the
first edition.
98. DEATH AND TIIE SOLDIER. B. 132. H. 1901. R. 171.
Second edition, with the heading :
“ Kein ding hilfft fur den zeitlichen Todt
Darumb dienent Gott fru und spott.”
[Woodcut, 123 X 87; sheet as mounted, 343 X 155.] A fair impression from tlie
uninjured block, but not equal in sliarpness to tliose of tlie first edition.
Here again the r. portion of the poem has been cut off and attached to the bottom
of the 1. portion. Thcre is no monogram at tbe end of the vcrses in tbis edition.
Watermark, Ha. 25.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
99. TIIE SCHOOLMASTER. B. 133. II. 1900. R, 170.
First (only ?) edition, with the heading:
“ Wer recht bescheyden wol werden.
Der pit got trum hye auff erden.”
[Woodcut, 127 x 97; sheet as mounted, 441 x 170.] A fine impression, but sub-
sequcnt to a brcakage in tlie border-line r. a little more than hnlf-way up. Water-