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468 EarJy German and FJemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
The scene below represents art and science and trade. In the fore-
ground are an organ-player and two raerchants engaged in reckoning. To
]. a sculptor is engaged on a wooden statue. Farther back a painter sits
at his easel, while his apprentice is grinding the colours. A physician
and two astronomers are grouped round a table. At a greater distance is
a goldsmith’s shop.
Passe-jpartout with the title Mercurius.
[352 x 220; the subject alone, 303 x 208.] Fine impression, but cut at the sides.
Watermark as no. 117. Mitchell stamp only.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
122. THE MOON. Pauli 910 ni.
The goddess, holding a crescent in her r. hand, a horn in her 1. hand,
rides to 1. in a chariot drawn by two women. On the single wheel is the
sign Cancer (not a crab, but a lobster or crayfish—Krebs).
Below men are bathing, boating and fishing; to r. a water-mill; to 1.
a table under a tree. Farther back a fowler with a clap-net; in the
distance the sea.
Passe-partout with the title Luna.
[352 x 234; the subject alone, 302 x 208.] Good impression, not cut. Watermark
and collectors’ stamps as no. 117.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
B. —One subject from an undescribed later edition.
123. THE SUN. Pauli 907.
The Sun-God, crowned, holding his emblem in his 1. hand, rides to 1.
in a chariot drawn by a pair of horses. On the single wheel the sign Leo.
Below a king and queen watch various manly sports—fencing, wrest-
ling, running, putting the weight—from the balcony of a palace. In
a portico on the further side of the courtyard a priest stands before an
altar.
The same passe-partout, with the title “ Sun” in the same type as was
used in edition iii.
[350 X 232; the subject alone, 301 x 207.] Fair impression. but much damaged
and stained red; on tldnner paper than was used for edition iii; without watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
This edition is probably rather later than iii, but earlier than iv, for the block shows
little sign of wear, tliough tbe passe-partout is no longer in good condition. According
to Pauli the title of this subject is “ Sonn” in editions i, ii and iv, “ Sol ” in edition iii.
C. —Three subjects from the fifth edition.
117a. SATUEN. Tauli 904 v.
Subject as before, but in a different passe-partout, with the columns
no longer fluted, but swathed in leaves. Ko title printed in the tablet
below.
[352 X 239.] Yery late impression, after the block had split in two vertically,
52 mm. from r. side; well preserved, with margin [4-11]. Watermark, a horn slung
on a cord.
In the inventory of 1837.
The scene below represents art and science and trade. In the fore-
ground are an organ-player and two raerchants engaged in reckoning. To
]. a sculptor is engaged on a wooden statue. Farther back a painter sits
at his easel, while his apprentice is grinding the colours. A physician
and two astronomers are grouped round a table. At a greater distance is
a goldsmith’s shop.
Passe-jpartout with the title Mercurius.
[352 x 220; the subject alone, 303 x 208.] Fine impression, but cut at the sides.
Watermark as no. 117. Mitchell stamp only.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
122. THE MOON. Pauli 910 ni.
The goddess, holding a crescent in her r. hand, a horn in her 1. hand,
rides to 1. in a chariot drawn by two women. On the single wheel is the
sign Cancer (not a crab, but a lobster or crayfish—Krebs).
Below men are bathing, boating and fishing; to r. a water-mill; to 1.
a table under a tree. Farther back a fowler with a clap-net; in the
distance the sea.
Passe-partout with the title Luna.
[352 x 234; the subject alone, 302 x 208.] Good impression, not cut. Watermark
and collectors’ stamps as no. 117.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
B. —One subject from an undescribed later edition.
123. THE SUN. Pauli 907.
The Sun-God, crowned, holding his emblem in his 1. hand, rides to 1.
in a chariot drawn by a pair of horses. On the single wheel the sign Leo.
Below a king and queen watch various manly sports—fencing, wrest-
ling, running, putting the weight—from the balcony of a palace. In
a portico on the further side of the courtyard a priest stands before an
altar.
The same passe-partout, with the title “ Sun” in the same type as was
used in edition iii.
[350 X 232; the subject alone, 301 x 207.] Fair impression. but much damaged
and stained red; on tldnner paper than was used for edition iii; without watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
This edition is probably rather later than iii, but earlier than iv, for the block shows
little sign of wear, tliough tbe passe-partout is no longer in good condition. According
to Pauli the title of this subject is “ Sonn” in editions i, ii and iv, “ Sol ” in edition iii.
C. —Three subjects from the fifth edition.
117a. SATUEN. Tauli 904 v.
Subject as before, but in a different passe-partout, with the columns
no longer fluted, but swathed in leaves. Ko title printed in the tablet
below.
[352 X 239.] Yery late impression, after the block had split in two vertically,
52 mm. from r. side; well preserved, with margin [4-11]. Watermark, a horn slung
on a cord.
In the inventory of 1837.