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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Beham.
483
large fantastic bircl ancl a smaller one behincl it are perched over the
woman’s heach
To complete the pattern, the same composition has been drawn in
reverse, perhaps by another hand, as the drawing is not so free ancl
spirited. There are thus two satyrs, back to back, ancl two women facing
one another at opposite ends of the wliole sheet. In the seconcl half the
back of the satyr is shaded, for the light is supposed to fall on the whole
from the r. side.
The pattern was meant to be further continued, as here, by placing
two of the pairs one above the other, ancl so on, till a whole wall or other
large surface coulcl be covered.
[Single desigu, 532 x 322; whole slieet, containing both original and repetition
twice over, 1,072 x 655.] The slieets printed from the original block are grey and not
so well and uniformly printed as the copies; but the pattern is very flne and effective
when shown on this large scale. Early impressions. Watermark on all four sheets, a
serpent, upright, with three bends in its body.
Provenance not recorded.
The motive of the satyr family is freely adapted from Diirer’s engraving of 1505,
B. 69. I fully agree with Drs. Sclimidt and Pauli in attributing this fine design to
Beham. It is an important work of his Nuremberg periocl.
155a. YINE PATTEBN, WITH A SATYB FAMILY.
Lithographic copy by Retberg, Naumctnn's Archiv, x, 284, 5, printed
in brown on a blue grounch
Presented by Herr E. Prestei, 1870.
The same design, printed on linen in blue and gold, has been used for tlie binding
of Dr. Lippmann’s facsimiles of the drawings of Diirer.
156. FBIEZE, WITH TWO TBITONS.
H. 2103. P. (Diirer) 207. Pauli 1346.
Two monsters, with human heacl and trunk, beast’s claws, ancl fishdike
tails, holcl a jewel between them, while each swings in the other hand a
pair of fish slung on a corcl. There is a borcler of large ancl small beads
above, ancl of perforated clisks below. No signature.
[220 x 455.] Good impression, though not very early. Watcrmark, serpent, as in
no. 155.
In the inventory of 1837.
156a. FBIEZE, WITH TWO TBITONS.
Lithographic copy by Retberg, Naumann’s Arcliiv, xi, 66, 7, printed in
purple, with a dull yellowish-green background, on brown paper. The
composition is repeated to show its effect when usecl as a continuous frieze.
Prcsented by Herr F. Prcstel, 1870.
157. THE ABMS OF TIIE LOFFELIIOLZ FAMILY.
H. 2134. P. (Durer) 215b. Pauli 1350.
[175 x 130.) Modern impression from tlie block which bclonged to Herr Cornill
d’Orville, and is now in tlie Stadtbibliothek at Frankfort-on-the-Main. Presented by
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483
large fantastic bircl ancl a smaller one behincl it are perched over the
woman’s heach
To complete the pattern, the same composition has been drawn in
reverse, perhaps by another hand, as the drawing is not so free ancl
spirited. There are thus two satyrs, back to back, ancl two women facing
one another at opposite ends of the wliole sheet. In the seconcl half the
back of the satyr is shaded, for the light is supposed to fall on the whole
from the r. side.
The pattern was meant to be further continued, as here, by placing
two of the pairs one above the other, ancl so on, till a whole wall or other
large surface coulcl be covered.
[Single desigu, 532 x 322; whole slieet, containing both original and repetition
twice over, 1,072 x 655.] The slieets printed from the original block are grey and not
so well and uniformly printed as the copies; but the pattern is very flne and effective
when shown on this large scale. Early impressions. Watermark on all four sheets, a
serpent, upright, with three bends in its body.
Provenance not recorded.
The motive of the satyr family is freely adapted from Diirer’s engraving of 1505,
B. 69. I fully agree with Drs. Sclimidt and Pauli in attributing this fine design to
Beham. It is an important work of his Nuremberg periocl.
155a. YINE PATTEBN, WITH A SATYB FAMILY.
Lithographic copy by Retberg, Naumctnn's Archiv, x, 284, 5, printed
in brown on a blue grounch
Presented by Herr E. Prestei, 1870.
The same design, printed on linen in blue and gold, has been used for tlie binding
of Dr. Lippmann’s facsimiles of the drawings of Diirer.
156. FBIEZE, WITH TWO TBITONS.
H. 2103. P. (Diirer) 207. Pauli 1346.
Two monsters, with human heacl and trunk, beast’s claws, ancl fishdike
tails, holcl a jewel between them, while each swings in the other hand a
pair of fish slung on a corcl. There is a borcler of large ancl small beads
above, ancl of perforated clisks below. No signature.
[220 x 455.] Good impression, though not very early. Watcrmark, serpent, as in
no. 155.
In the inventory of 1837.
156a. FBIEZE, WITH TWO TBITONS.
Lithographic copy by Retberg, Naumann’s Arcliiv, xi, 66, 7, printed in
purple, with a dull yellowish-green background, on brown paper. The
composition is repeated to show its effect when usecl as a continuous frieze.
Prcsented by Herr F. Prcstel, 1870.
157. THE ABMS OF TIIE LOFFELIIOLZ FAMILY.
H. 2134. P. (Durer) 215b. Pauli 1350.
[175 x 130.) Modern impression from tlie block which bclonged to Herr Cornill
d’Orville, and is now in tlie Stadtbibliothek at Frankfort-on-the-Main. Presented by
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