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Dodgson, Campbell
Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts: preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (Band 1): [German and Flemish woodcuts of the XV century] — London, 1903

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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.

(6.) The Siege of Utrecht. (Traut.)

The composition greatly resembles that of the last subject.

The text is in 5f- lines : “ Eo tempore Episcopus . . . agnoscerent.”
(G-lax, p. 280.)

[217 x 118; subject, 170 x 148.] Condition as no. (2).

In the inyentory of 1837.

The sixth subject. The Bishop of Utrecht was imprisoned by the citizens, wliose
rebellion against Maximilian (1482-1485) was abetted by the French and by William
de la Marck, “ tbe Boar of the Ardennes.”

(7.) The First Flemish Rebellion. (Traut.)

In the foreground a battle of infantry at close quarters ; in the
background the burgesses of Ghent, on their knees, are restoring the
Archduke Philip to Maximilian, who rides at the head of his cavalry.

The text is in 5-| lines, the last two being in smaller type: “ Quid
dicam . . . Flandros.” (Glax, p. 280.)

[213 x 147; subject, 168 x 147.] Condition as no. (2).

In the inventory of 1837.

The seventh subject. Repr. Hirth, no. 609. The people of Flanders,'after the death
of Mary in 1482, rebelled against Maximilian and assumed the guardianship of his son,
Philip, whom they detained till 1485.

(8.) Ttie War witii Liege. (Traut.)

A cavalry engagement in the foreground, with the Burgundian standards
r. ; an infantry fight in the middle distance ; Liege in the background.

The text is in 5| lines : “ Haud ita . . . accepit.” (Glax, p. 280.)

[226 x 157; subject, 173 x 150.] Condition as no. (2), but a little of the border is
preserved.

In the inventory of 1837.

The eighth subject. Maximilian here, as at Utrecht, restored the bishop to his
see in spite of the resistance of the people.

(9.) Tite Second Flemish Rebellion. (Springinklee.)

Fighting in the foreground and middle distance ; in the background the
surrender of a town. Burgundian standards 1.

The text is in 4^ lines : “ Cum Flandri . . . coegit.” (Glax, p. 280.)

[226 x 155; subject, 175 x 150.] The paper stained, but intact, the label not
having been cut away from the woodcut.

In the inventory of 1837.

The tenth subject. After the coronation at Aachen, 9 April, 1486 (ninth subjeot,
omitted in this editiou), tlie towns of Glient and Bruges headed a rebellion against the
King of the Romana, -who wns kept a prisoner at Bruges from February 1st to May,
1488. Tliis led to war between the Empire and tke Netlierlands, in which Duke
Albert of Saxony commanded thc imperial forces. The rebellion was suppressed in 1489.

(10.) Maximilian makes Peace with TIenry YII. (Flotner. ?)

Maximilian, wit-h crown and sceptre, stancls 1. with armed men behincl
him holding the Burgundian standard, and holds a letter which lie is
about to cleliver to Henry, whose soldiers are armecl with long-bows and
carry a standard with two Tudor roses. An orator kneels between the
two princes, addressing himself to Maximilian. The scene is on t-he sea-
coast; a ship with sails spread lies alongside.

The text is in 5f- lines : “ His fere temporibus . . . praesidium.”
 
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