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Early German ancl Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
139a. LOVERS SITTING NEAR A FENGE. Pauli 1229 n.
[125 x 85.] Another impression, blacker and moro heavily inked, so that.the
monogram is no longer seen to he in outline. The defective parts of the border-line
have been put in with Indian ink. No watermark. Margin, at the bottom only, 5 mm.
Purchased from Mr. Bousfield, 1850.
140. LOVERS CONVERSING. B. 162. A. 249. S. 293. Pauli 1231 i.
In tlie corner formed by two walls a young man with curly hair, in a
large hat, lays his 1. hand on the shoulder of a girl who sits on a low seat
and turns towards him, while she repels his aclvances with both hands.
To 1. a taU jar with two handles, containing flowers. ISTo signature.
Single border.
[77 x 67.] A rather late impression. No watermark.
Purchased from Miss Bury, 1877.
An early work oi' Beham’s, coarsely cut. There is a second state in chiaroscuro.
141. TIIE VIOLINIST. 1520.
B. 163. R, 270. A. 250. S. 278. Pauli 1232.
A young man, wearing a soft, drooping hat, sits three-quarters to 1. on
a bank near a hedge and plays the violin. In the upper r. corner the
early monogram and date 1520 above it.
[80 x 55.] Late impression, without watermark. The date 1612 has been written
in an old hand on the back.
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1853.
Only one other woodcut by Beliam, Pauli 901, is dated 1520.
f THE VIOLINIST AND TIIE LADY. 1520. Pauli 1232, 1234.
(Reproduction.)
Photograph of the early impression at Cambridge of these two
woodcuts united to form a single composition.
Pauli 1234 is also found in similar combination with another cut of a violinist who
wears a hat with feathers, Pauli 1233 (without monogram).
Presented by G. W. Reid, Esq., 1880.
142. THE OLD WOMAN AND TIIE YOUTIl. Pauli 1235 ii.
Two half-length figures under the triple arch of a window. A
wrinkled old woman, r., wearing a hat with feathers, strokes the cheek
of a youth with curly hair and a wreath round his head, who heips
himself with his r. hand out of a large bag of money placed on a window
ledge before liim. Ho monogram. Single border.
[245 x 250.] Late impression. Watermark, eagle on a shield, surmounted by a
crown.
Purchased from Mr. T. Jacob, 1898.
The first state is accompanied by verses, and the address of Hanns Adam, the printer
of the woodcut (at Nuremberg). The third state is a chiaroscuro, while in the fourth
Diirer’s monogram lias been inserted. The woodcut is described in some of the older
catalugues as a doubtful Diirer.
143. THE OLD MAN AND THE GIRL. A. 247. S. 312. Pauli 1236 n.
A companion subject to the last, and similar to it in arrangement.
A bald olcl man, L, in profile to r., lays liis 1. hand on the shoulder and
Early German ancl Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
139a. LOVERS SITTING NEAR A FENGE. Pauli 1229 n.
[125 x 85.] Another impression, blacker and moro heavily inked, so that.the
monogram is no longer seen to he in outline. The defective parts of the border-line
have been put in with Indian ink. No watermark. Margin, at the bottom only, 5 mm.
Purchased from Mr. Bousfield, 1850.
140. LOVERS CONVERSING. B. 162. A. 249. S. 293. Pauli 1231 i.
In tlie corner formed by two walls a young man with curly hair, in a
large hat, lays his 1. hand on the shoulder of a girl who sits on a low seat
and turns towards him, while she repels his aclvances with both hands.
To 1. a taU jar with two handles, containing flowers. ISTo signature.
Single border.
[77 x 67.] A rather late impression. No watermark.
Purchased from Miss Bury, 1877.
An early work oi' Beham’s, coarsely cut. There is a second state in chiaroscuro.
141. TIIE VIOLINIST. 1520.
B. 163. R, 270. A. 250. S. 278. Pauli 1232.
A young man, wearing a soft, drooping hat, sits three-quarters to 1. on
a bank near a hedge and plays the violin. In the upper r. corner the
early monogram and date 1520 above it.
[80 x 55.] Late impression, without watermark. The date 1612 has been written
in an old hand on the back.
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1853.
Only one other woodcut by Beliam, Pauli 901, is dated 1520.
f THE VIOLINIST AND TIIE LADY. 1520. Pauli 1232, 1234.
(Reproduction.)
Photograph of the early impression at Cambridge of these two
woodcuts united to form a single composition.
Pauli 1234 is also found in similar combination with another cut of a violinist who
wears a hat with feathers, Pauli 1233 (without monogram).
Presented by G. W. Reid, Esq., 1880.
142. THE OLD WOMAN AND TIIE YOUTIl. Pauli 1235 ii.
Two half-length figures under the triple arch of a window. A
wrinkled old woman, r., wearing a hat with feathers, strokes the cheek
of a youth with curly hair and a wreath round his head, who heips
himself with his r. hand out of a large bag of money placed on a window
ledge before liim. Ho monogram. Single border.
[245 x 250.] Late impression. Watermark, eagle on a shield, surmounted by a
crown.
Purchased from Mr. T. Jacob, 1898.
The first state is accompanied by verses, and the address of Hanns Adam, the printer
of the woodcut (at Nuremberg). The third state is a chiaroscuro, while in the fourth
Diirer’s monogram lias been inserted. The woodcut is described in some of the older
catalugues as a doubtful Diirer.
143. THE OLD MAN AND THE GIRL. A. 247. S. 312. Pauli 1236 n.
A companion subject to the last, and similar to it in arrangement.
A bald olcl man, L, in profile to r., lays liis 1. hand on the shoulder and