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466 EcirJy German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
iii. MYTHOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.
[117-123.]
The Planets.
P. 181-187. K. 213-219. A. 223-229. B. 223-229. Panli 904-910.
The series is founded to some extent on the Florentine engravings
(B. xiii, pp. 192-200 ; P. ii, 31, 61-67), formerly attributed to Baldini. See
Lippmann, (‘ The Seven Planets,” International Chalcographical Society,
1895, with reproductions of both series (A and E). Pauli distinguishes
six editions, the first of which, issuecl by Albrecht Glockendon at Nurem-
berg, is dated “prima Augusti, 1531.” The complete first edition is only
known to exist in the collection of Baron E. de Rothschild at Paris. In
the absence of the headings to each subject, it is impossible to distinguish
the first from the seconcl edition. In the thircl the names of the planets
below were printed with larger type. These three editions are all early ;
in the fourth the blocks already show signs of wear; in the fifth a new
frame replaces that used hitherto ; in the sixth, which is very late, the
frame (or a portion of it) disappears. The blocks are preserved in the
Derschau collection at Berlin.
A.—Early impressions. Six subjects (“ Sonn ” missing), one from the
second, five from the thircl edition, as distinguished by Pauli.
These impressions are quite imiform in quality and condition, and printed through-
out on paper with the same watermark, though the title “ Yenus ” is printed in a
smaller type than the names of the other plnnets. I suspect that the small type was
retained, by an exception. for Venus, and that all the woodcuts here are from the third
edition. The inscriptions at the top are wanting throughout.
117. SATUKN. Pauli 904 m.
The god, holding a scythe ancl devouring a chilcl, rides to 1. in a chariot
drawn by a dragon and a salamander. On the wheels of the chariot are
the signs Aquarius and Capricorn.
In the foreground r. are two of the Works of Mercy—Eeeding the
Hungry (a monk ancl nun distributing breacl ancl soup to the poor) and
Visiting the Prisoners (an old man speaking to a prisoner in the stocks,
while a seconcl prisoner looks out through tlie barred window of a gaol).
In the foregrouncl 1. a man is killing pigs. In the background are
various outdoor occupations. Water is drawn from a well by horse-power.
a man is ploughing with a team of horses ; in the distance, on the same
side of the river, are a threshing-floor and a place of execution with
gallows and wheel, while across the river two men are washing fleeces;
another is hewing wood, and a hermit near a chapel is making baskets.
The subject is enclosed in a passe-partout, which occurs throughout the
series in editions i-iv. In the tablet below, held by two winged mon-
sters with satyr’s head, lion’s feet and fish-like tails, is the title Saturnus.
[3n0 x 217; the subjec-t aloue. 304 x 209.] Good impressiou, but cut on the
r. side to the edge of the subject itself. 'Vatermark, a star on a stcm issuing from the
top of a lozenge divided into four parts.
('ollections: G. W. Gunther in Niirnberg (F. 243), A. Firmin-Didot (F. 21), Mitchefl.
Presented hy W. Mitchell, Esq., 189f>.
iii. MYTHOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.
[117-123.]
The Planets.
P. 181-187. K. 213-219. A. 223-229. B. 223-229. Panli 904-910.
The series is founded to some extent on the Florentine engravings
(B. xiii, pp. 192-200 ; P. ii, 31, 61-67), formerly attributed to Baldini. See
Lippmann, (‘ The Seven Planets,” International Chalcographical Society,
1895, with reproductions of both series (A and E). Pauli distinguishes
six editions, the first of which, issuecl by Albrecht Glockendon at Nurem-
berg, is dated “prima Augusti, 1531.” The complete first edition is only
known to exist in the collection of Baron E. de Rothschild at Paris. In
the absence of the headings to each subject, it is impossible to distinguish
the first from the seconcl edition. In the thircl the names of the planets
below were printed with larger type. These three editions are all early ;
in the fourth the blocks already show signs of wear; in the fifth a new
frame replaces that used hitherto ; in the sixth, which is very late, the
frame (or a portion of it) disappears. The blocks are preserved in the
Derschau collection at Berlin.
A.—Early impressions. Six subjects (“ Sonn ” missing), one from the
second, five from the thircl edition, as distinguished by Pauli.
These impressions are quite imiform in quality and condition, and printed through-
out on paper with the same watermark, though the title “ Yenus ” is printed in a
smaller type than the names of the other plnnets. I suspect that the small type was
retained, by an exception. for Venus, and that all the woodcuts here are from the third
edition. The inscriptions at the top are wanting throughout.
117. SATUKN. Pauli 904 m.
The god, holding a scythe ancl devouring a chilcl, rides to 1. in a chariot
drawn by a dragon and a salamander. On the wheels of the chariot are
the signs Aquarius and Capricorn.
In the foreground r. are two of the Works of Mercy—Eeeding the
Hungry (a monk ancl nun distributing breacl ancl soup to the poor) and
Visiting the Prisoners (an old man speaking to a prisoner in the stocks,
while a seconcl prisoner looks out through tlie barred window of a gaol).
In the foregrouncl 1. a man is killing pigs. In the background are
various outdoor occupations. Water is drawn from a well by horse-power.
a man is ploughing with a team of horses ; in the distance, on the same
side of the river, are a threshing-floor and a place of execution with
gallows and wheel, while across the river two men are washing fleeces;
another is hewing wood, and a hermit near a chapel is making baskets.
The subject is enclosed in a passe-partout, which occurs throughout the
series in editions i-iv. In the tablet below, held by two winged mon-
sters with satyr’s head, lion’s feet and fish-like tails, is the title Saturnus.
[3n0 x 217; the subjec-t aloue. 304 x 209.] Good impressiou, but cut on the
r. side to the edge of the subject itself. 'Vatermark, a star on a stcm issuing from the
top of a lozenge divided into four parts.
('ollections: G. W. Gunther in Niirnberg (F. 243), A. Firmin-Didot (F. 21), Mitchefl.
Presented hy W. Mitchell, Esq., 189f>.