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498 Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
10. THREE PEASANT WOMEN.
The first woman walks to r. with a basket on her back, a pitcher in
her 1. hand, a goose under her r. arm and a dog by her side. She meets
a second woman with a mantle over her 1. arm, and a third, wearing a
hat and carrying a rake and sickle.
[136 x 290.] Old, but rather late impression. On the back is tbe ornamental
design, p. 545, no. 5.
In the inventory of 1837.
Tliere is an early coloured impression at Gotha (Sammelband ii, 194) with the title,
“ Drey arme hausz meyd klage auch, j Die yar dinst seind yn hert vn rauch,” four
columns of verses, and the address, “ Anthony Formschneyder zu Augspurg.” (Nee
no. 13.)
17. THE WOOD-CARVER.
A sculptor 1. is at work on a wooden figure, roughly blocked out,
which lies across two trestles. Numerous tools lie on the floor. The
sculptor turns round to listen to his wife, who points to another man,
whom two women hold in custody.
[173 x 325.] Old, but rather late impressiou. On the back is the design for a
bedstead, p. 545, no. 6.
In the inventory of 1837.
18. FOURTEEN MEN OF VARIOUS TRADES.
The fourteen, who include a Dominican, a baker, a drummer, a glazier,
a card-maker, a smith, a peasant with a flai], a priest, a mendicant friar,
a landsknecht, and others of higher rank, stand in a single row.
[155 x 396.] Old, fairly early impression. On the back is the ornamental design
p. 547, no. 4.
GrOUP 0.—WoODCUTS BY VARIOUS HANDS. Nos. 19-22.
19. SATIRE AGAINST THE CLERGY.
Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 631, no. 68. Pauli 1431.
A number of priests and monks, with their concubines, in a wood,
surrounded by a net, are being driven by devils towards the jaws of hell
1., in which the Pope presides. Printed from four blocks.
[370 x 495.] Early impression, without the upper margin which should contain
the headiDg, “ Das Miinich vnd Pfaffen Haid, Niemand zu lieb noth (noch ?) zu laid.”
Purchased from Mr. Cohn, 1880.
There is very little in this subiect that has cven a superficial resemblance to
Beham.
20. A PAIR OF LOVERS.
A young man ,and a girl sit side by side on a bank with a fence
behind it. The man’s violin is on the bank at his side. He places his
1. arm round the girl’s neck, and holds her chin in his r, hand. She has
a wreath of myrtle in her 1. hand.
[202 x 157.] Old, but uot early impression ; the border is almost lost. On the
back is the ornamental design, p. 542, no. la.
In the inventory of 1837.
Nothing here, except the subject, iB in Beham’s manner. It is, in fact, more
probahle that the woodcut belongs to thc Augsburg school.
10. THREE PEASANT WOMEN.
The first woman walks to r. with a basket on her back, a pitcher in
her 1. hand, a goose under her r. arm and a dog by her side. She meets
a second woman with a mantle over her 1. arm, and a third, wearing a
hat and carrying a rake and sickle.
[136 x 290.] Old, but rather late impression. On the back is tbe ornamental
design, p. 545, no. 5.
In the inventory of 1837.
Tliere is an early coloured impression at Gotha (Sammelband ii, 194) with the title,
“ Drey arme hausz meyd klage auch, j Die yar dinst seind yn hert vn rauch,” four
columns of verses, and the address, “ Anthony Formschneyder zu Augspurg.” (Nee
no. 13.)
17. THE WOOD-CARVER.
A sculptor 1. is at work on a wooden figure, roughly blocked out,
which lies across two trestles. Numerous tools lie on the floor. The
sculptor turns round to listen to his wife, who points to another man,
whom two women hold in custody.
[173 x 325.] Old, but rather late impressiou. On the back is the design for a
bedstead, p. 545, no. 6.
In the inventory of 1837.
18. FOURTEEN MEN OF VARIOUS TRADES.
The fourteen, who include a Dominican, a baker, a drummer, a glazier,
a card-maker, a smith, a peasant with a flai], a priest, a mendicant friar,
a landsknecht, and others of higher rank, stand in a single row.
[155 x 396.] Old, fairly early impression. On the back is the ornamental design
p. 547, no. 4.
GrOUP 0.—WoODCUTS BY VARIOUS HANDS. Nos. 19-22.
19. SATIRE AGAINST THE CLERGY.
Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 631, no. 68. Pauli 1431.
A number of priests and monks, with their concubines, in a wood,
surrounded by a net, are being driven by devils towards the jaws of hell
1., in which the Pope presides. Printed from four blocks.
[370 x 495.] Early impression, without the upper margin which should contain
the headiDg, “ Das Miinich vnd Pfaffen Haid, Niemand zu lieb noth (noch ?) zu laid.”
Purchased from Mr. Cohn, 1880.
There is very little in this subiect that has cven a superficial resemblance to
Beham.
20. A PAIR OF LOVERS.
A young man ,and a girl sit side by side on a bank with a fence
behind it. The man’s violin is on the bank at his side. He places his
1. arm round the girl’s neck, and holds her chin in his r, hand. She has
a wreath of myrtle in her 1. hand.
[202 x 157.] Old, but uot early impression ; the border is almost lost. On the
back is the ornamental design, p. 542, no. la.
In the inventory of 1837.
Nothing here, except the subject, iB in Beham’s manner. It is, in fact, more
probahle that the woodcut belongs to thc Augsburg school.