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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
20. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD AND ST. ANNE. B. 24. (No. 50 of list.)
St. Anne stancls in the middle, with the child Jesus on her 1. arm; the
Virgin, a girlish figure with long hair, stancls 1. looking up at her Son.
Landscape backgrouncl. Frame of branches.
21. ST. APOLLONIA. B. 25. (No. 51 of list.)
The saint stands in the middle, with eyes to 1., holding in both hands
a large forceps with an extracted tooth. Landscape background. Frame
of branches.
22. ST. CATHERINE OF ALESANDRIA. B. 27. (No.,54 of list.)
The martyr stancls crowned, with sword in r. hand, directecl a little to
r., where the broken wheel lies on the grouncl. Lanclscape background.
Frame of branches.
23. ST. DOROTHY. B. 28. (No. 55 of list.)
The saint stands near a hedge receiving a basket of flowers from a boy.
Sea in background. Frame of branches.
24. ST. ELIZABETII OF HUNGARY. (No. 56 of list.)
The saint stands at the door of her house 1., with a flagon in her
r. hand, giving a piece of bread to a cripplecl beggar. Landscape
background.
25. ST. MARGARET. (No. 57 of list.)
The saint stands, with the clragon at her feet, holding a cross in her
r. hand and a book, in which she is reading, in lier 1. hand. Landscape
background. Frame of branches.
26. ST. URSULA. B. 32. (No. 60 of list.)
The saint stands crowned, on the bank of a river, turning a little to
r., holding an arrow in both hands. Trees and mountains beyond the
river. Frame of branches. Monogram on a stone in I. lower corner.
Itepr. Muther, Taf. 212.
27. ST. VERONICA. B. 31. (No. 61 of list.)
The saint stands, directed to the front, holding the sudarium in both
hands. Landscape background. Frame of branches. Repr. Muther,
Taf. 212.
These twenty-six woodcuts are of uniform quality, being fairly good impressions
without text, but with the ornamental borders, on very thin white paper. Suoh
impressions were probably taken soon after the blocks had ceased to be used as
illustrations. The last edition of the Hort.ulus Animae, in which they were used,
appeared in 1520. One of the cuts used in “ Ein Christelich niitzpar Betpiichlein,” 1523,
shows that the hlocks were then in much the same condition as when these separate
impressions were taken; it appears in the same way without text below, but with
thc bordcr.
Purchascd from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1848.
20. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD AND ST. ANNE. B. 24. (No. 50 of list.)
St. Anne stancls in the middle, with the child Jesus on her 1. arm; the
Virgin, a girlish figure with long hair, stancls 1. looking up at her Son.
Landscape backgrouncl. Frame of branches.
21. ST. APOLLONIA. B. 25. (No. 51 of list.)
The saint stands in the middle, with eyes to 1., holding in both hands
a large forceps with an extracted tooth. Landscape background. Frame
of branches.
22. ST. CATHERINE OF ALESANDRIA. B. 27. (No.,54 of list.)
The martyr stancls crowned, with sword in r. hand, directecl a little to
r., where the broken wheel lies on the grouncl. Lanclscape background.
Frame of branches.
23. ST. DOROTHY. B. 28. (No. 55 of list.)
The saint stands near a hedge receiving a basket of flowers from a boy.
Sea in background. Frame of branches.
24. ST. ELIZABETII OF HUNGARY. (No. 56 of list.)
The saint stands at the door of her house 1., with a flagon in her
r. hand, giving a piece of bread to a cripplecl beggar. Landscape
background.
25. ST. MARGARET. (No. 57 of list.)
The saint stands, with the clragon at her feet, holding a cross in her
r. hand and a book, in which she is reading, in lier 1. hand. Landscape
background. Frame of branches.
26. ST. URSULA. B. 32. (No. 60 of list.)
The saint stands crowned, on the bank of a river, turning a little to
r., holding an arrow in both hands. Trees and mountains beyond the
river. Frame of branches. Monogram on a stone in I. lower corner.
Itepr. Muther, Taf. 212.
27. ST. VERONICA. B. 31. (No. 61 of list.)
The saint stands, directed to the front, holding the sudarium in both
hands. Landscape background. Frame of branches. Repr. Muther,
Taf. 212.
These twenty-six woodcuts are of uniform quality, being fairly good impressions
without text, but with the ornamental borders, on very thin white paper. Suoh
impressions were probably taken soon after the blocks had ceased to be used as
illustrations. The last edition of the Hort.ulus Animae, in which they were used,
appeared in 1520. One of the cuts used in “ Ein Christelich niitzpar Betpiichlein,” 1523,
shows that the hlocks were then in much the same condition as when these separate
impressions were taken; it appears in the same way without text below, but with
thc bordcr.
Purchascd from Messrs. Colnaghi, 1848.