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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
150. HEAD OF AN OLD MAN WITH A BEARD. 1521.
A. 253. S. 315. Pauli 1259.
The old man is turned in tkree-quarter face to r., and wears a wide-
brimmed hat and a mantle. In the 1. upper corner is the date 1521.
No signature. Single border-line.
[77 x 66.] Good, early impression. No watermark.
Purchased from Mr. Bihn, 1873.
This iine and characteristic work of Beham’s is very rare. Another impressiou is in
the v. Lanna collection at Prague (Singer 1405). Here it was formerly placed among
the works of Lucas van Leyden, to whom it was attributed by Passavant (iii, 11, 22)
and Dutuit (ii, 100, 31).
t HEAD OF AN ELDERLY MAN, CLEAN SHAYEN. Pauli 1260.
Early monogram.
Reduced reproduction [77 : 79] of the only known impression [102 : 103],
at Oxford (Bodleian Library, Douce Woodcuts, vii, 59).
This is a direct copy, enlarged to more than twice the size of the original, from the
man in the middle of the family group in Diirer’s woodcut of 1511, B. 97.
vi. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DRAWIUG-BOOK; PLAYING-
CARDS ; ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS ; HERALDRY.
[151-154.]
Woodcuts from “ Das Kunst- und Lehrbuchlein.”
Eighteen woodcuts, Pauli 1270-1287, appeared in seven editions of
the book, from 1546 to 1594 ; two more, Pauli 1288, 1289, only appeared
in the last edition, 1605. Beham seems to have jDrojected some such
publication as early as 1528, under the influence of Diirer’s work on
proportion. He actually published a work on the proportions of the
horse in that year, but the work on the human head and figure did not
appear till 1546, though some of the woodcuts, at least, are eai’lier. It is
difficult to understand on what principle they are dated in certain cases.
Some early impressions of PauK 1270, for instance, bear the date 1528,
which probably means that the cut was made in that year ; but the
date itself must have been inserted later, for it is accompanied by the
late form of the monogram,1 while the figures in the date, though they
resemble tliose which occur in some early works of the years 1521, 1522,
etc., also aeree closelv with those of the date 1546 on a special impression
of Pauli 1284.
In the case of Pauli 1281, the date 1546 is certainly misleading, for
the block had already been used, without any date over the monogram,
in a book published in 1540. Pauli 1283 is probably much earlier than
1 Dr. Pauli states tliat tlie monogram is the early one, but this is a mistake, as
rcgards tlie impressions at Berlin and London. Dr. Lippmanu considers both date
and monogram as a luter addition.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
150. HEAD OF AN OLD MAN WITH A BEARD. 1521.
A. 253. S. 315. Pauli 1259.
The old man is turned in tkree-quarter face to r., and wears a wide-
brimmed hat and a mantle. In the 1. upper corner is the date 1521.
No signature. Single border-line.
[77 x 66.] Good, early impression. No watermark.
Purchased from Mr. Bihn, 1873.
This iine and characteristic work of Beham’s is very rare. Another impressiou is in
the v. Lanna collection at Prague (Singer 1405). Here it was formerly placed among
the works of Lucas van Leyden, to whom it was attributed by Passavant (iii, 11, 22)
and Dutuit (ii, 100, 31).
t HEAD OF AN ELDERLY MAN, CLEAN SHAYEN. Pauli 1260.
Early monogram.
Reduced reproduction [77 : 79] of the only known impression [102 : 103],
at Oxford (Bodleian Library, Douce Woodcuts, vii, 59).
This is a direct copy, enlarged to more than twice the size of the original, from the
man in the middle of the family group in Diirer’s woodcut of 1511, B. 97.
vi. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DRAWIUG-BOOK; PLAYING-
CARDS ; ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS ; HERALDRY.
[151-154.]
Woodcuts from “ Das Kunst- und Lehrbuchlein.”
Eighteen woodcuts, Pauli 1270-1287, appeared in seven editions of
the book, from 1546 to 1594 ; two more, Pauli 1288, 1289, only appeared
in the last edition, 1605. Beham seems to have jDrojected some such
publication as early as 1528, under the influence of Diirer’s work on
proportion. He actually published a work on the proportions of the
horse in that year, but the work on the human head and figure did not
appear till 1546, though some of the woodcuts, at least, are eai’lier. It is
difficult to understand on what principle they are dated in certain cases.
Some early impressions of PauK 1270, for instance, bear the date 1528,
which probably means that the cut was made in that year ; but the
date itself must have been inserted later, for it is accompanied by the
late form of the monogram,1 while the figures in the date, though they
resemble tliose which occur in some early works of the years 1521, 1522,
etc., also aeree closelv with those of the date 1546 on a special impression
of Pauli 1284.
In the case of Pauli 1281, the date 1546 is certainly misleading, for
the block had already been used, without any date over the monogram,
in a book published in 1540. Pauli 1283 is probably much earlier than
1 Dr. Pauli states tliat tlie monogram is the early one, but this is a mistake, as
rcgards tlie impressions at Berlin and London. Dr. Lippmanu considers both date
and monogram as a luter addition.