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Earhj German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
5. A PBOCESSION OF SOLDIERS. (Eight sheets—originally nine.)
Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 632, no. 82. Pauli 1451,
The procession moves from 1. to r.
The contents of the several blocks (numbered from r. to 1.) are as
follows :—
(1) A mounted officer, accompanied by two halberdiers on foot.
(2) Two bearded halberdiers ; five musketeers.
(3) Tive musketeers; five spearmen.
(4) Five spearmen; five spearmen.
(5) Five halberdiers ; five men with long swords and a single halberdier.
(6) A drum and fife band, a standard-bearer and a halberdier with
his arm reversed.
(7) Five halberdiers (one has an arm of different shape); five spearmen.
(Here a sheet is lost. No. 7 contains the butt ends of the shafts of
three spears, of which the continuation is missing. Nagler describes
the procession as consisting of nine sheets, but no complete set is at
present known.)
(9) The points of four spears (continued from 8), and three mounted*
soldiers.
[Average height of sheet, 310 ; no. 6, 370 ; width varying from 215 to 400.] Fairly
good, old impression, on hrownish paper without watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
Group B. Nos. 6-17.
The woodcuts which I place in this group have much in common with
Group A, and some may be by the same draughtsman They are, how-
ever, inferior in quality, and I prefer to place them in another class.
They are, without exception, long and narrow in shape, and are for the
rnost part illustrations of poems by Hans Sachs or others. They have not
sufficient unity of style to rank with certainty as works of a single artist.
0. THE PARABLE OF TIIE SOWER.
To 1. Christ is telling the parable to the apostles, foremost among
whom are St. Peter and St. John. To r. the sower is scattering the seed,
some of which falls among stones or thorns, or is devoured by birds.
[184 x 278.] Early impression; watermark, imperial eagle, witk keart-skaped
body.
In tke inventory of 1837.
St. Jokn kas tlae features specially ckaracteristic of tke men in this group.
7. THE CRUCIFINION.
The cross of Christ, in the middle, with a skull at its foot, faces
directly to the front; those of the two thieves on either liand are placed
obliquely. St. John, the Yirgin, and two other women stand to 1. of the
central cross ; to r. are the centurion and other soldiers. Beyond the r.
cross three men are throwing dice for the seamless l’obe. In the distance
1. a troop of soldiers are re-entering the city gate, followed by men bearing
the ladder and the reed with a sponge upon it. In the upper corners
Earhj German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
5. A PBOCESSION OF SOLDIERS. (Eight sheets—originally nine.)
Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 632, no. 82. Pauli 1451,
The procession moves from 1. to r.
The contents of the several blocks (numbered from r. to 1.) are as
follows :—
(1) A mounted officer, accompanied by two halberdiers on foot.
(2) Two bearded halberdiers ; five musketeers.
(3) Tive musketeers; five spearmen.
(4) Five spearmen; five spearmen.
(5) Five halberdiers ; five men with long swords and a single halberdier.
(6) A drum and fife band, a standard-bearer and a halberdier with
his arm reversed.
(7) Five halberdiers (one has an arm of different shape); five spearmen.
(Here a sheet is lost. No. 7 contains the butt ends of the shafts of
three spears, of which the continuation is missing. Nagler describes
the procession as consisting of nine sheets, but no complete set is at
present known.)
(9) The points of four spears (continued from 8), and three mounted*
soldiers.
[Average height of sheet, 310 ; no. 6, 370 ; width varying from 215 to 400.] Fairly
good, old impression, on hrownish paper without watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
Group B. Nos. 6-17.
The woodcuts which I place in this group have much in common with
Group A, and some may be by the same draughtsman They are, how-
ever, inferior in quality, and I prefer to place them in another class.
They are, without exception, long and narrow in shape, and are for the
rnost part illustrations of poems by Hans Sachs or others. They have not
sufficient unity of style to rank with certainty as works of a single artist.
0. THE PARABLE OF TIIE SOWER.
To 1. Christ is telling the parable to the apostles, foremost among
whom are St. Peter and St. John. To r. the sower is scattering the seed,
some of which falls among stones or thorns, or is devoured by birds.
[184 x 278.] Early impression; watermark, imperial eagle, witk keart-skaped
body.
In tke inventory of 1837.
St. Jokn kas tlae features specially ckaracteristic of tke men in this group.
7. THE CRUCIFINION.
The cross of Christ, in the middle, with a skull at its foot, faces
directly to the front; those of the two thieves on either liand are placed
obliquely. St. John, the Yirgin, and two other women stand to 1. of the
central cross ; to r. are the centurion and other soldiers. Beyond the r.
cross three men are throwing dice for the seamless l’obe. In the distance
1. a troop of soldiers are re-entering the city gate, followed by men bearing
the ladder and the reed with a sponge upon it. In the upper corners