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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
[247 X 170; subject, 173 x 149.] Condition as no. (15). “ 22 ” lias been written in
red ink by an old hand on the 1. side of the scroll with text.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The twenty-second subject. Repr. (Glax B) Hirth. no. 593. Henry VIII’s army
entered France and besieged Terouanne in May, 1513. He met Maximilian on August
11th. Thesecond battleof Guinegate, or Battle of the Spurs, took placeon Angust 16th.
Terouanne surrendered on the 22nd, and was entered by Maximilian and Henry on the
24th. The fortifications were demolished after their departure on the 26th.
The whole figure of Maximilian down to the knees has been re-drawn on a new
pieee of wood inserted in the block; another piece contains the r. arms of the two
monarchs. The drawing of the whole, however, is by Diirer.
(22.) The Congress op Princes at Vienna. (Diirer.)
In an open portico, with a curtain clrawn across it, Maximilian stands
I. with the imperial shield at his feet. At his 1. hand stands his grand-
daughter, Mary ; farther r. are Ladislas, King of Hungary, with his
children, Ludwig and Anna, and at the extreme r. is Sigismund, King
of Poland. The arms of Hungary and Polancl are placecl at the feet of
the two kings.
The text is in 8 lines, of which the last 5 are in smaller type; “ Pos-
tremo . . . successorem.” The death of Maximilian ancl the accession of
Charles Y as Emperor are mentioned, so that this edition cannot be earlier
than 28 June, 1519, when Charles was elected.
[221 x 150; subject, 173 x 150.] Condition as no. (2).
In the inventory of 1837.
The twenty-third subject. Eepr. (Giax B) Hirth, no. 591. The two Jagellon princes,
the brothers Ladislas and Sigismuncl, Kings of Hungary and Poland, stayed at Vienna
as Maximilian’s guests from 17 July 1o 2 August, 1515. Dnring their visit a doubie
marriage was arranged, between Ludwig, heir to Ladislas, and Mary, daughter of
Philip and Joauna, and between Ferdinand, younger son of Philip ancl Joanna, and
Anna, daughter of Ladislas. These marriages took placein 1522 and 1521 respectively.
The twenty-fourth and last subjeet, the battle of Pavia, was only added in 1559, and
appears in edition D. It is by an artist not otherwise employed on the Arch.
The set of the historical subjects described above is derived from different sourccs,
and the impressions differ mueh in quality. The three fine and well-preserved wood-
cuts from the Mitchell collection (nos. 15, 17, 21) are probably identical vitli the three
mentioned by Glax (p. 267) as having been for many years in the possession of
J. Borner at Nuremberg. The remaining impressions are greatly inferior to these in
preservation, having been badly treated by some former owner. In four cases (nos. 9,
10, 11, 19) the paper containing the woodcut aud text has been preserved intact, though
the border has been cut away; in the remainder the text has been cut away from tlie
woodcut and joined on again, so that a doubt might arise as to the original connection
of the two, were it not that all the impressions are derived from the same source; the
text undoubtedly belongs to Glax C, and it is improbable that the text would be
preserved and not the woodcuts.
[131-135.]
THE EREYDAL WOODCUTS. 1516.
Literature.—Quirinvon Leitner. “ Ereydal des Kaisers Maximilian I.
Turniere und Mummereien.” Wien, 1880-1882.
C. Dodgson. “ Die Ereydal-Holzsclmitte Diirer’s,” Iiepert. f. Kunstiv.
1902, xxv, 447.
Freydal is the most fragmentary of all the Emperor’s projected series of illus-
trated books. Of the 256 woodcuts wbich it was to contain, ouly five were earried
out. The miniatures, however, 255 in number, are preserved in a volume derived
from Schloss Ambras, now in the Kunsthistorisches Ilofmuseum at Vienna. A
facsimile of the whole series in photogravure is iucluded in the volume cited above^
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
[247 X 170; subject, 173 x 149.] Condition as no. (15). “ 22 ” lias been written in
red ink by an old hand on the 1. side of the scroll with text.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The twenty-second subject. Repr. (Glax B) Hirth. no. 593. Henry VIII’s army
entered France and besieged Terouanne in May, 1513. He met Maximilian on August
11th. Thesecond battleof Guinegate, or Battle of the Spurs, took placeon Angust 16th.
Terouanne surrendered on the 22nd, and was entered by Maximilian and Henry on the
24th. The fortifications were demolished after their departure on the 26th.
The whole figure of Maximilian down to the knees has been re-drawn on a new
pieee of wood inserted in the block; another piece contains the r. arms of the two
monarchs. The drawing of the whole, however, is by Diirer.
(22.) The Congress op Princes at Vienna. (Diirer.)
In an open portico, with a curtain clrawn across it, Maximilian stands
I. with the imperial shield at his feet. At his 1. hand stands his grand-
daughter, Mary ; farther r. are Ladislas, King of Hungary, with his
children, Ludwig and Anna, and at the extreme r. is Sigismund, King
of Poland. The arms of Hungary and Polancl are placecl at the feet of
the two kings.
The text is in 8 lines, of which the last 5 are in smaller type; “ Pos-
tremo . . . successorem.” The death of Maximilian ancl the accession of
Charles Y as Emperor are mentioned, so that this edition cannot be earlier
than 28 June, 1519, when Charles was elected.
[221 x 150; subject, 173 x 150.] Condition as no. (2).
In the inventory of 1837.
The twenty-third subject. Eepr. (Giax B) Hirth, no. 591. The two Jagellon princes,
the brothers Ladislas and Sigismuncl, Kings of Hungary and Poland, stayed at Vienna
as Maximilian’s guests from 17 July 1o 2 August, 1515. Dnring their visit a doubie
marriage was arranged, between Ludwig, heir to Ladislas, and Mary, daughter of
Philip and Joauna, and between Ferdinand, younger son of Philip ancl Joanna, and
Anna, daughter of Ladislas. These marriages took placein 1522 and 1521 respectively.
The twenty-fourth and last subjeet, the battle of Pavia, was only added in 1559, and
appears in edition D. It is by an artist not otherwise employed on the Arch.
The set of the historical subjects described above is derived from different sourccs,
and the impressions differ mueh in quality. The three fine and well-preserved wood-
cuts from the Mitchell collection (nos. 15, 17, 21) are probably identical vitli the three
mentioned by Glax (p. 267) as having been for many years in the possession of
J. Borner at Nuremberg. The remaining impressions are greatly inferior to these in
preservation, having been badly treated by some former owner. In four cases (nos. 9,
10, 11, 19) the paper containing the woodcut aud text has been preserved intact, though
the border has been cut away; in the remainder the text has been cut away from tlie
woodcut and joined on again, so that a doubt might arise as to the original connection
of the two, were it not that all the impressions are derived from the same source; the
text undoubtedly belongs to Glax C, and it is improbable that the text would be
preserved and not the woodcuts.
[131-135.]
THE EREYDAL WOODCUTS. 1516.
Literature.—Quirinvon Leitner. “ Ereydal des Kaisers Maximilian I.
Turniere und Mummereien.” Wien, 1880-1882.
C. Dodgson. “ Die Ereydal-Holzsclmitte Diirer’s,” Iiepert. f. Kunstiv.
1902, xxv, 447.
Freydal is the most fragmentary of all the Emperor’s projected series of illus-
trated books. Of the 256 woodcuts wbich it was to contain, ouly five were earried
out. The miniatures, however, 255 in number, are preserved in a volume derived
from Schloss Ambras, now in the Kunsthistorisches Ilofmuseum at Vienna. A
facsimile of the whole series in photogravure is iucluded in the volume cited above^