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482 Early German and Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
wears a crown of stars; her r. hancl rests on a vase. A wingecl boy,
standing before her with his back to the spectator, holcls up with both
hands a veil which passes over the woman’s 1. arm and leg. At the top,
near the r. corner, are the date 1546 and the late monogram.
[Woodcut alone, 123 x 105.] Two impressions ; see nos. 151, 152.
This woodcut, without the date, occurs on the title-page of Cornelius Agrippa,
“ Vom Adel vnd Fiirtreffen weibliches Geschlechts,” 1540. (See p. 443, no. 30.)
154. A PEASANT. Pauli 1284.
He wears a wide-brimmed hat, and stands, looking up to 1., pointing
in the same direction witli his 1. hand, while he carries a large jar under
his r. arm. To r. the date 1546 and late monogram.
[Size of woodcut, 91 x 51.] Good impression, uniform in every respect with
no. 151a. The number 241 written on the back shows that the two prints have been
kept together for a very iong time.
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1857.
f PLAYING-CAKDS. Pauli 1290-1337.
(Kcproductions.)
Tacsimiie by the Reichsdruckerei, Berlin, of the Deuce, “ Ober,”
“ Unter,” and King of each suit,- Pomegranates, Roses, Leaves ancl
Acorns.
Presented by Dr. F. Lippmann, 1902.
PLAYING-CARDS. Willshire, G 138. Copies of Pauli 1290-1337.
Anonymous woodcut copies, in the same direction, of the complete
pack of forty-eight cards, printed on three sheets and not cut up. One
sheet contains the same subjects as the Berlin facsimile described above,
but not in the same order. There is no monogram, and the ground on
which the figures stand is omitted. The Deuce of Acorns has the arms of
Augsburg substituted for those of Kuremberg. Each card from deuce to
ten has the Roman numeral above, the Arabic below, as in the originals.
The cutting is inferior.
[Size of eacli sheet, 383 x 267.] Good impressious; watermark, a three-pointed
crown in a circle.
Frovenance not recorded.
The cards are described more minutely by Willshire, “ Catalogue of Playing-cards
in the British Museum,” 1S76, p. 203. The autlior attributed them, witli a query, to
Beham, but lie was not awarc of their relation to the genuine Beham pack, nor did he
recognise thc Augshurg arms. Tlaese copies are not described by Dr. Pauli. They
rcmain in thc collection of playing-cards.
155. VINE PATTEKN, WITH A SATYR FAMILY.
H. 2104. P. (Diirer) 206. Pauli 1342, 1342a.
In a tangle of interlacing vine-stems a naked woman, crowned with
oak leaves and acorns, sits 1., turning to r., but with her liead bent down
to 1. A child leans over her knee. A satyr, crowned hi like manner,
playing a kind of single bagpipe, sits r. on a higher branch, facing 1. A
wears a crown of stars; her r. hancl rests on a vase. A wingecl boy,
standing before her with his back to the spectator, holcls up with both
hands a veil which passes over the woman’s 1. arm and leg. At the top,
near the r. corner, are the date 1546 and the late monogram.
[Woodcut alone, 123 x 105.] Two impressions ; see nos. 151, 152.
This woodcut, without the date, occurs on the title-page of Cornelius Agrippa,
“ Vom Adel vnd Fiirtreffen weibliches Geschlechts,” 1540. (See p. 443, no. 30.)
154. A PEASANT. Pauli 1284.
He wears a wide-brimmed hat, and stands, looking up to 1., pointing
in the same direction witli his 1. hand, while he carries a large jar under
his r. arm. To r. the date 1546 and late monogram.
[Size of woodcut, 91 x 51.] Good impression, uniform in every respect with
no. 151a. The number 241 written on the back shows that the two prints have been
kept together for a very iong time.
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1857.
f PLAYING-CAKDS. Pauli 1290-1337.
(Kcproductions.)
Tacsimiie by the Reichsdruckerei, Berlin, of the Deuce, “ Ober,”
“ Unter,” and King of each suit,- Pomegranates, Roses, Leaves ancl
Acorns.
Presented by Dr. F. Lippmann, 1902.
PLAYING-CARDS. Willshire, G 138. Copies of Pauli 1290-1337.
Anonymous woodcut copies, in the same direction, of the complete
pack of forty-eight cards, printed on three sheets and not cut up. One
sheet contains the same subjects as the Berlin facsimile described above,
but not in the same order. There is no monogram, and the ground on
which the figures stand is omitted. The Deuce of Acorns has the arms of
Augsburg substituted for those of Kuremberg. Each card from deuce to
ten has the Roman numeral above, the Arabic below, as in the originals.
The cutting is inferior.
[Size of eacli sheet, 383 x 267.] Good impressious; watermark, a three-pointed
crown in a circle.
Frovenance not recorded.
The cards are described more minutely by Willshire, “ Catalogue of Playing-cards
in the British Museum,” 1S76, p. 203. The autlior attributed them, witli a query, to
Beham, but lie was not awarc of their relation to the genuine Beham pack, nor did he
recognise thc Augshurg arms. Tlaese copies are not described by Dr. Pauli. They
rcmain in thc collection of playing-cards.
155. VINE PATTEKN, WITH A SATYR FAMILY.
H. 2104. P. (Diirer) 206. Pauli 1342, 1342a.
In a tangle of interlacing vine-stems a naked woman, crowned with
oak leaves and acorns, sits 1., turning to r., but with her liead bent down
to 1. A child leans over her knee. A satyr, crowned hi like manner,
playing a kind of single bagpipe, sits r. on a higher branch, facing 1. A