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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Beham.
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109. THE HOLY FAMILY UNDER A TENT.
B. 121. R. 193. A. 198. S. 201. Pauli 890.
The Virgin, sitting on a cushion under a tent, holds the naked Child
in her arms. Both look down towards the r., where the head of St. Joseph
is seen. Early monogram on the tent, near the r. upper corner. Single
horder.
[124 x 85.] A good, though not an early impression, on toned paper.
Collections: “ J. Storck a Milan, 1797 ” (MS.), William Sharp of Manchester
(F. 558, MS.). Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The Virgin and Child are copied from Eaphael’s “ Madonna del Pesce,” as repro-
duced in an engraving of the school of Marcantonio, B. xiv, 61, 54.
110. ST. CHRISTOPHER. Nagl. Mon. i, p. 190, no. 99 (as Diirer). Pauli 892.
The saint hareheaded, with a cloth twisted round his head, is seen
nearly to the knees, standing, looking downwards and turning a little to r.
He grasps the trunk of a tree with his r. hand, while he raises his 1. hand
to support the Infant Christ, who kneels on his shoulclers, holding an orb
in his 1. hand. No signature. Single border. Below, outside the border,
but cut on the same block, is the inscription, “ Bitt fur mich du hayliger
sant Cristoffel,” in Gothic letters.
[136 x 101.] Late impression on old, white paper, with heraldic watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
No early impressions are known of this woodcut, which is a good and characteristic
ezample of Beham’s early period.
111. ST. ERASMUS. Repert. f. Kunstw. xzv, 469, 3.
The saint stands, vested in cope ancl mitre, in three-quarter face to 1.,
holding his pastoral staff in his 1. hand, and the winch, emblem of his
martyrdom, in his r. hand. Landscape background. The whole enclosed
in a decorative border of vine stems, meeting over the saint’s head, with
leaves and grapes in the upper corners, as in Pauli 527. No signature.
[129 x 87.] A rather late impression, after various injuries to the block, including
a horizontal crack through the middle.
In the inventory of 1837.
A fiue and vigorous work of Beham’s youth, not described by Pauli. I have seen
no other impression.
t ST. ANDREW. 1522. B. 138. R. 205. A. 212. S. 220. Pauli 891.
(Reproduction.)
Photograph of the impression in the Douce collection, Boclleian
Library, Oxford.
112. ST. JAMES THE GREATER, SEATED. 1521.
B. 139. R. 198. A. 205. S. 221. Pauli 900.
The apostle, wearing a pilgrim’s hat with a shell in front of it, sits on
a bank at the foot of a tree, turning a little to r. and reading a book
which he holds, together with a large upright key, in his 1. hand. In his
r. hand he holds a staff. Small trees in the distance 1. (cf. no. 111). In
the r. upper corner the date 1521, with the eariy monogram below it.
Single border-line.
463
109. THE HOLY FAMILY UNDER A TENT.
B. 121. R. 193. A. 198. S. 201. Pauli 890.
The Virgin, sitting on a cushion under a tent, holds the naked Child
in her arms. Both look down towards the r., where the head of St. Joseph
is seen. Early monogram on the tent, near the r. upper corner. Single
horder.
[124 x 85.] A good, though not an early impression, on toned paper.
Collections: “ J. Storck a Milan, 1797 ” (MS.), William Sharp of Manchester
(F. 558, MS.). Mitchell.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
The Virgin and Child are copied from Eaphael’s “ Madonna del Pesce,” as repro-
duced in an engraving of the school of Marcantonio, B. xiv, 61, 54.
110. ST. CHRISTOPHER. Nagl. Mon. i, p. 190, no. 99 (as Diirer). Pauli 892.
The saint hareheaded, with a cloth twisted round his head, is seen
nearly to the knees, standing, looking downwards and turning a little to r.
He grasps the trunk of a tree with his r. hand, while he raises his 1. hand
to support the Infant Christ, who kneels on his shoulclers, holding an orb
in his 1. hand. No signature. Single border. Below, outside the border,
but cut on the same block, is the inscription, “ Bitt fur mich du hayliger
sant Cristoffel,” in Gothic letters.
[136 x 101.] Late impression on old, white paper, with heraldic watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
No early impressions are known of this woodcut, which is a good and characteristic
ezample of Beham’s early period.
111. ST. ERASMUS. Repert. f. Kunstw. xzv, 469, 3.
The saint stands, vested in cope ancl mitre, in three-quarter face to 1.,
holding his pastoral staff in his 1. hand, and the winch, emblem of his
martyrdom, in his r. hand. Landscape background. The whole enclosed
in a decorative border of vine stems, meeting over the saint’s head, with
leaves and grapes in the upper corners, as in Pauli 527. No signature.
[129 x 87.] A rather late impression, after various injuries to the block, including
a horizontal crack through the middle.
In the inventory of 1837.
A fiue and vigorous work of Beham’s youth, not described by Pauli. I have seen
no other impression.
t ST. ANDREW. 1522. B. 138. R. 205. A. 212. S. 220. Pauli 891.
(Reproduction.)
Photograph of the impression in the Douce collection, Boclleian
Library, Oxford.
112. ST. JAMES THE GREATER, SEATED. 1521.
B. 139. R. 198. A. 205. S. 221. Pauli 900.
The apostle, wearing a pilgrim’s hat with a shell in front of it, sits on
a bank at the foot of a tree, turning a little to r. and reading a book
which he holds, together with a large upright key, in his 1. hand. In his
r. hand he holds a staff. Small trees in the distance 1. (cf. no. 111). In
the r. upper corner the date 1521, with the eariy monogram below it.
Single border-line.