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Earhj German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part 11.
140. PORTRAIT OF MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. II. 1950. R. 231.
Bust, facing three-quarters r. The Emperor wears the collar of the
Golden Eleece over a mantle of rich brocaded stuff, edged with pearls, ancl
a wide fur-trimmed hat with an oval medallion of the Yirgin and Child
attached to the turned-up brim. On a scroll over his head (on the same
block) is the xylographic inscription, “ Imperator Caesar Diuus Maxi-
milianus | Pius Felix Augustus.” The “ a ” and “ e ” of Caesar aredistinct
and enclosed in the letter C.
[550 X 381.] Good impression, but damaged; a strip about 6 mm. in width from
top to bottom on either side and the 1. upper corner, including part of the letter I, have
been cut from another impression and joined on by a restorer. The neck and chin are
damaged and restored. Watermark, a star and flower ; not in Ha.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
One of the rarest of Durer’s woodcuts. Other impressions are known at Bamberg,
Berlin, and A’ienna (both Albertina and Hofbibliothek, the latter from the Cornlll
d’Orville collection sold in 1900). Four cuts (at least) were made from the drawing
done from life at Augsburg, 28 June, 1518 (now in the Albertina; repr. Vienna
Jalirbuch, iv, Th. ii, Reg. 3039; Schonbruuner and Meder, no. 186). The cut with
the “ ae ” enclosed in the C was evidently (by the inscription) published in the same
year, during the Emperor’s lifetime. It is the best of the versions represented here;
but I believe tliat a still better one exists, of which I have seen but one impression,
very sharp and early, but uufortunately coloured and dirty, at Bamberg. It has “ Cse ”
in the inscription, like 140a. A similar impression is said to exist at Gotha.
140a. PORTRAIT OE MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. H. 1950. R. 231.
Copy.
The same portrait redrawn on another block. The copy is accurate,
on the whole, but lifeless and mechanical. The most ruarked difference is
in the modelling of the face, where the liatching is more regular. The
lips are less carefully clrawn. In this, as in all the other copies, the series
of detached curved lines on the cheek point downwards at the extremities,
whereas in the original they point upwards. There is no shading betioeen
the short hairs which escape under the brim of the hat beneath the
medallion. The same inscription is cut in larger letters and the words
are less spaced. The word “ Caesar ” has “re” instead of “ ae,” and the
C ranges with the other letters.
[414 x 323.] Good, old impression, on yellowish paper, but after many breakages
in the border-line, which an early restorer has disguised with ink, now faded,
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
140b. PORTRAIT OF MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. H. 1950. R. 231.
Copy.
A later impression from the same block. The lines have thickened,
and an oblique crack runs from the top of the block, through the second
“ a ” in “ Maximilianus,” across the hat and mantle, to the bottom.
Diirer’s monogram has been inserted between the lower line of the scroll
and the 1. end of the hat, underneath the letters “ra.”
[404 x 316.] Eair impression, ou white paper, with Augsburg arms, Defects iu
the border liave been disguised with Indian ink.
In the inventory of 1837.
Earhj German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part 11.
140. PORTRAIT OF MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. II. 1950. R. 231.
Bust, facing three-quarters r. The Emperor wears the collar of the
Golden Eleece over a mantle of rich brocaded stuff, edged with pearls, ancl
a wide fur-trimmed hat with an oval medallion of the Yirgin and Child
attached to the turned-up brim. On a scroll over his head (on the same
block) is the xylographic inscription, “ Imperator Caesar Diuus Maxi-
milianus | Pius Felix Augustus.” The “ a ” and “ e ” of Caesar aredistinct
and enclosed in the letter C.
[550 X 381.] Good impression, but damaged; a strip about 6 mm. in width from
top to bottom on either side and the 1. upper corner, including part of the letter I, have
been cut from another impression and joined on by a restorer. The neck and chin are
damaged and restored. Watermark, a star and flower ; not in Ha.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
One of the rarest of Durer’s woodcuts. Other impressions are known at Bamberg,
Berlin, and A’ienna (both Albertina and Hofbibliothek, the latter from the Cornlll
d’Orville collection sold in 1900). Four cuts (at least) were made from the drawing
done from life at Augsburg, 28 June, 1518 (now in the Albertina; repr. Vienna
Jalirbuch, iv, Th. ii, Reg. 3039; Schonbruuner and Meder, no. 186). The cut with
the “ ae ” enclosed in the C was evidently (by the inscription) published in the same
year, during the Emperor’s lifetime. It is the best of the versions represented here;
but I believe tliat a still better one exists, of which I have seen but one impression,
very sharp and early, but uufortunately coloured and dirty, at Bamberg. It has “ Cse ”
in the inscription, like 140a. A similar impression is said to exist at Gotha.
140a. PORTRAIT OE MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. H. 1950. R. 231.
Copy.
The same portrait redrawn on another block. The copy is accurate,
on the whole, but lifeless and mechanical. The most ruarked difference is
in the modelling of the face, where the liatching is more regular. The
lips are less carefully clrawn. In this, as in all the other copies, the series
of detached curved lines on the cheek point downwards at the extremities,
whereas in the original they point upwards. There is no shading betioeen
the short hairs which escape under the brim of the hat beneath the
medallion. The same inscription is cut in larger letters and the words
are less spaced. The word “ Caesar ” has “re” instead of “ ae,” and the
C ranges with the other letters.
[414 x 323.] Good, old impression, on yellowish paper, but after many breakages
in the border-line, which an early restorer has disguised with ink, now faded,
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
140b. PORTRAIT OF MAXIMILIAN I. 1518. B. 154. H. 1950. R. 231.
Copy.
A later impression from the same block. The lines have thickened,
and an oblique crack runs from the top of the block, through the second
“ a ” in “ Maximilianus,” across the hat and mantle, to the bottom.
Diirer’s monogram has been inserted between the lower line of the scroll
and the 1. end of the hat, underneath the letters “ra.”
[404 x 316.] Eair impression, ou white paper, with Augsburg arms, Defects iu
the border liave been disguised with Indian ink.
In the inventory of 1837.