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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Beham.
475
slung over his shoulders stands by the table, and a fiddler and a jester are
seen in the background. A small dog runs up in the foreground r. ;
another lies on the ground near the table, gnawing a bone. Single border.
iNo signaturc.
[61 x 105.] Goocl impression, cut just within the line at the top.
Purchased from Mr. Lauser, 1880.
One other impression has been described, in the university library, Munich. Thia
impression was formerly attributed to Yirgil Solis, and it resembles a certain group of
woodcuts which bear both tliat master’s monogram and that of the master H. W. G.,
but tlie subject is much more iu Beham’s taste, and there is a considerable resemblance
to such small woodcuts as those just described, nos. 132-135.
137. THE WOMEN’S BATH.
B. 167. R. 271. A. 261. S. 281. Pauli 1223.
Nine women, four children, and a male bath-attendant are standing
or sitting on benches in a bath-room, which has a high stove in the 1.
corner at the back. The subject is placed within a circular frame.
[Diam. 295.] Late impression, after cracks in the block, on yellowish paper, with-
out watermark. Beham’s later monogram, in one of tlie circles on the ceiliug, has
been effaced, and that of Diirer has been put iu with pen and ink on the floor.
Purchased at the Angiolini sale, 1S95.
138. THE STAG HUNT. Pauli 1224.
A stag and a hind are being pursued from 1. to r. towards a net by
a pack of hounds and four mounted huntsmen. Four others in the
foreground ricle in the same direction, and a group of three gentlemen
and two ladies, mounted, wait to r. A single horseman with a crossbow
waits for the deer to pass, and two huntsmen with spears wait behind
trees. On the other side of the glade a large party of ladies and cavaliers
wait among the trees, watcliing the hunt. In the foreground 1. Diana,
attended by six nymphs, is being surprised by Actseon (“ aktonus ein
konig ”), whom his hounds attack. Printed from three blocks. No
signature. Single border.
[373 x 774.] Late impression, after vertical cracks in tlie blocks. Watermark, on
a shield. pointed at the bottom a half eagle and the letter K.
In the inventory of 1837.
About 1530. The treatment of the trees resembles that on the planets.
139. LOYERS SITTING NEAR A FENCE. (1522.)
B. 161. R. 267. A. 248. S. 277. Pauli 1229 n.
A pair of lovers sit on a bank near a fence, caressing one another.
The woman’s head is seen in profile to r. In the open space above
her head is Beham’s early monogram, without a date. Single border.
[125 x 85.] Clear impression, not very early. The monogram is distinotiy printed
in outline. No watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
This is the second state. The tirst, uf which there is an impression in the von Lanna
collection at Prague, has tlie date 1522 above the mmogram. 'l'he etching, dated
1526, formerly described as an original work of Beham’s (B. 209, R. 218, A. 209, (6. 2u8),
is a reduced copy in revcrse of this woodcut (Pauli 1229a).
475
slung over his shoulders stands by the table, and a fiddler and a jester are
seen in the background. A small dog runs up in the foreground r. ;
another lies on the ground near the table, gnawing a bone. Single border.
iNo signaturc.
[61 x 105.] Goocl impression, cut just within the line at the top.
Purchased from Mr. Lauser, 1880.
One other impression has been described, in the university library, Munich. Thia
impression was formerly attributed to Yirgil Solis, and it resembles a certain group of
woodcuts which bear both tliat master’s monogram and that of the master H. W. G.,
but tlie subject is much more iu Beham’s taste, and there is a considerable resemblance
to such small woodcuts as those just described, nos. 132-135.
137. THE WOMEN’S BATH.
B. 167. R. 271. A. 261. S. 281. Pauli 1223.
Nine women, four children, and a male bath-attendant are standing
or sitting on benches in a bath-room, which has a high stove in the 1.
corner at the back. The subject is placed within a circular frame.
[Diam. 295.] Late impression, after cracks in the block, on yellowish paper, with-
out watermark. Beham’s later monogram, in one of tlie circles on the ceiliug, has
been effaced, and that of Diirer has been put iu with pen and ink on the floor.
Purchased at the Angiolini sale, 1S95.
138. THE STAG HUNT. Pauli 1224.
A stag and a hind are being pursued from 1. to r. towards a net by
a pack of hounds and four mounted huntsmen. Four others in the
foreground ricle in the same direction, and a group of three gentlemen
and two ladies, mounted, wait to r. A single horseman with a crossbow
waits for the deer to pass, and two huntsmen with spears wait behind
trees. On the other side of the glade a large party of ladies and cavaliers
wait among the trees, watcliing the hunt. In the foreground 1. Diana,
attended by six nymphs, is being surprised by Actseon (“ aktonus ein
konig ”), whom his hounds attack. Printed from three blocks. No
signature. Single border.
[373 x 774.] Late impression, after vertical cracks in tlie blocks. Watermark, on
a shield. pointed at the bottom a half eagle and the letter K.
In the inventory of 1837.
About 1530. The treatment of the trees resembles that on the planets.
139. LOYERS SITTING NEAR A FENCE. (1522.)
B. 161. R. 267. A. 248. S. 277. Pauli 1229 n.
A pair of lovers sit on a bank near a fence, caressing one another.
The woman’s head is seen in profile to r. In the open space above
her head is Beham’s early monogram, without a date. Single border.
[125 x 85.] Clear impression, not very early. The monogram is distinotiy printed
in outline. No watermark.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
This is the second state. The tirst, uf which there is an impression in the von Lanna
collection at Prague, has tlie date 1522 above the mmogram. 'l'he etching, dated
1526, formerly described as an original work of Beham’s (B. 209, R. 218, A. 209, (6. 2u8),
is a reduced copy in revcrse of this woodcut (Pauli 1229a).