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Division A.—Sohool of Nuremberg.—Beham.
485
vii, DOUBTFUL WOODOUTS.
Of the 102 woodcuts which have been attributed to Beham by various
authors but rejected by Pauli (nos. 1400-1501), the few that are repre-
sented in this collection will be described under the names of the masters
to whom they rightly belong, or left among the anonymous subjects. I
have inserted here a few pieces not described by Pauli, in which Beham
may have had a hand, though I do not attribute them to him with
conviction.
161. TWENTY-FOUR SMALL ROUND SUBJECTS ON ONE SHEET.
(1) A lady in a hat with feathers, walking to 1., is followed by Death
as a skeleton.
(2) Venus (?), a winged figure, with the 1. arm extended, and Cupid,
holding a bow, r., standing on clouds.
(3) The Pall of Man. Adam stands to 1. and Eve to r. of the tree,
round whose trunk the serpent is coiled, holding an apple in its mouth.
(4) A naked woman stancling, holding a fool’s cap in her r. hand, while
a fool puts his arms round her.
(5) A man and woman sitting side by side on a bed.
(6) Eive fools dancing in a circle.
(7) Davicl and Bathsheba. The latter sits 1. bathing her feet in the
water.
(8) Pyramus and Thisbe. The fonner reclines with heacl to r., the
latter kneels near him 1.
(9) Lucretia. She sits, naked, to r. on the side of her bed, ancl stabs
her breast with a dagger.
(10) A man leans his heacl on the lap of a woman who sits behincl him
laying her hancls on his shoulclei's. Trees to 1.
(11) The Judgment of Paris. The three goddesses stancl 1. before
Paris, who reclines in the same attitude as Pyramus in no. 8.
(12) The idolatry of Solomon. Tlie king kneels 1., his wife standing
by his sicle, before an image standing on a column.
(13) A fool puts his hancl uncler a woman’s clress.
(14) Two lovers embracing one another, partly hidden by trees.
(15) A young man playing the lute, with his mistress sitting beside
him on a low bench.
(16) Two peasants walking to 1. followed by a man playing the bagpipes.
(17) A man in a hat with feathers (the Prodigal Son?) sitting at table
between two women. To 1. a fool playing the guitar.
(18) A woman on horseback riding to 1.
(19) A young man in a mantle, with a feather in his hat, stands 1.
holding out his r. hancl to a girl who stands before him. A tree 1.
(20) Two lovers sit side by side on a grassy bank. Tree 1.
(21) Outside a tent Judith puts the heacl of Holofernes into a bag helcl
by her maid.
(22) Two peasants carry a pole on their shoulders, on which a third
man sits astride, balancing himself with his arms.
(23) A monk, with cowl over his head, sits on a bank caressing a woman.
485
vii, DOUBTFUL WOODOUTS.
Of the 102 woodcuts which have been attributed to Beham by various
authors but rejected by Pauli (nos. 1400-1501), the few that are repre-
sented in this collection will be described under the names of the masters
to whom they rightly belong, or left among the anonymous subjects. I
have inserted here a few pieces not described by Pauli, in which Beham
may have had a hand, though I do not attribute them to him with
conviction.
161. TWENTY-FOUR SMALL ROUND SUBJECTS ON ONE SHEET.
(1) A lady in a hat with feathers, walking to 1., is followed by Death
as a skeleton.
(2) Venus (?), a winged figure, with the 1. arm extended, and Cupid,
holding a bow, r., standing on clouds.
(3) The Pall of Man. Adam stands to 1. and Eve to r. of the tree,
round whose trunk the serpent is coiled, holding an apple in its mouth.
(4) A naked woman stancling, holding a fool’s cap in her r. hand, while
a fool puts his arms round her.
(5) A man and woman sitting side by side on a bed.
(6) Eive fools dancing in a circle.
(7) Davicl and Bathsheba. The latter sits 1. bathing her feet in the
water.
(8) Pyramus and Thisbe. The fonner reclines with heacl to r., the
latter kneels near him 1.
(9) Lucretia. She sits, naked, to r. on the side of her bed, ancl stabs
her breast with a dagger.
(10) A man leans his heacl on the lap of a woman who sits behincl him
laying her hancls on his shoulclei's. Trees to 1.
(11) The Judgment of Paris. The three goddesses stancl 1. before
Paris, who reclines in the same attitude as Pyramus in no. 8.
(12) The idolatry of Solomon. Tlie king kneels 1., his wife standing
by his sicle, before an image standing on a column.
(13) A fool puts his hancl uncler a woman’s clress.
(14) Two lovers embracing one another, partly hidden by trees.
(15) A young man playing the lute, with his mistress sitting beside
him on a low bench.
(16) Two peasants walking to 1. followed by a man playing the bagpipes.
(17) A man in a hat with feathers (the Prodigal Son?) sitting at table
between two women. To 1. a fool playing the guitar.
(18) A woman on horseback riding to 1.
(19) A young man in a mantle, with a feather in his hat, stands 1.
holding out his r. hancl to a girl who stands before him. A tree 1.
(20) Two lovers sit side by side on a grassy bank. Tree 1.
(21) Outside a tent Judith puts the heacl of Holofernes into a bag helcl
by her maid.
(22) Two peasants carry a pole on their shoulders, on which a third
man sits astride, balancing himself with his arms.
(23) A monk, with cowl over his head, sits on a bank caressing a woman.