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514 Earlij German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
to be compared witli the risen Savioui' on p. 19 of Iiirth’s reproductions,1 and the
emblems of the Bvangelists with those on pp. 37 and 62. No. 3 is less in Traut’s
manner, but even there the crucifix resemhles those in Hirth, pp. 8, 9, and on the small
Ship of St. Ursula, dated 1512 (see p. 519), while the male saint’s face is not unlike somo
of tho types in Bonaventura’s “Legende des heil. Franciscus,” 1512. The date of the
cuts is probably earlier than this.
5. PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK III, ELECTOR OF SAXONY, after Cranach.
1510. B. vii, 296, 131. Schuchardt, 166.
The Elect.or, half-length, wearing a mantle with a wide fur collar, is seen
in three-quarter face to 1. with eyes directed slightly upward. His r. hand
rests on a ledge ; his 1. hand, some distance above the other, touches the
fur of the mantle. On the ledge to r. is the date 1510 on a leaf of paper.
Above is a round arch, with the Saxon arms in the spandrels. Double
border, with the wider line outside.
[127 X 97.] Good impression, from fol. d i v. of “Speculum Phlebotomye” (H.
Holzel, Nuremberg, 1510; see p. 507, no. 9).
Purchased from Mr. Gutekunst, 1875.
The woodcut, formerly attributed to Cranach, is, as Dr. Flechsig2 riglitly ohserved,
merely a copy in reverse from tbe engraving of 1509, Sch. 3. The shield with the
electoral swords is party per fess, sable and argent, as in the engraving.3
This portrait of Frederick III occurs not only in “ Speculum Phlebotomye” (1510),
but again in “Die Bruderschafft sancte Ursule” (1513), sig. e iii v. A copy, dated
1515, is described on p. 519.
6. PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK III, ELECTOR OF SAXONY, after Cranach.
(1510.) B. vii, 296, 135.
The same design as no. 5, with slight modifications. The head is
turned more to 1., and the eyes look more decidedly upward. Both arms
rest on the ledge, and the hands touch one another. There is no date,
and the arch is omitted ; the arms are retained, but the shield with the
electoral swords is argent and sable, not sable and argent.
[136 X 135.) Good impression, illuminated by a contemporary hand in colours and
gold, on the title-page of “ Compendium breue de bo | ne valitudinis cura” (H. Holzel,
Nuremberg, 1510; see p. 507, nos. 7, 8, and Flechsig, p. 51). In a second impression on
the back of tlie leaf only a few details are coloured.
Purchased from Mr. Bilin, 1870.
This woodcut lras also heen copied from Cranach’s engraving of 1509, but not so
closely as no. 5. Repr. Hirth’s “ Bilderbuch,” j, 417.
7. DIAGRAM OF THE SPHERES. (1510.)
In the centre, the four elements, surrounded by the spheres of the
seven planets, the zodiac, the crystalline heaven, and the primum mobile.
Above, in clouds, the Almighty and angels; below, Christ and the
apostles; in the spandrels, the arms of Saxony. Single border.
[153 X 120.] A very late impression, with the lines flattened and thickened, of the
cut used twice iu Pinder’s “Speculum intellectuale,” 1510; see p. 507, no. 7 (2).
Purchased 1834.
The block is in the Derschau collection. Becker (B 3) attributes it, on account of tlie
Saxon arms, to Cranach. In the early impressious in the book the little landscape
whicli stands for tlie element Earth is quite charactcristic of Traut.
1 No. xiii of Hirth’s “ Liebhaber-Bibliothek alter Illustratoren,” Munich, 1889.
2 “ Cranachstudien,” i, 52.
3 This arrangement superseded the oider, in which the sable field stood below tlie
argent, in 1508. The obsolete division of the shield is often found after this date in tlie
works of artists, including Diirer, who did not stand in sucli close relations as Cranach
to the electoral court. (See Flechsig, pp. 18-23.)
to be compared witli the risen Savioui' on p. 19 of Iiirth’s reproductions,1 and the
emblems of the Bvangelists with those on pp. 37 and 62. No. 3 is less in Traut’s
manner, but even there the crucifix resemhles those in Hirth, pp. 8, 9, and on the small
Ship of St. Ursula, dated 1512 (see p. 519), while the male saint’s face is not unlike somo
of tho types in Bonaventura’s “Legende des heil. Franciscus,” 1512. The date of the
cuts is probably earlier than this.
5. PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK III, ELECTOR OF SAXONY, after Cranach.
1510. B. vii, 296, 131. Schuchardt, 166.
The Elect.or, half-length, wearing a mantle with a wide fur collar, is seen
in three-quarter face to 1. with eyes directed slightly upward. His r. hand
rests on a ledge ; his 1. hand, some distance above the other, touches the
fur of the mantle. On the ledge to r. is the date 1510 on a leaf of paper.
Above is a round arch, with the Saxon arms in the spandrels. Double
border, with the wider line outside.
[127 X 97.] Good impression, from fol. d i v. of “Speculum Phlebotomye” (H.
Holzel, Nuremberg, 1510; see p. 507, no. 9).
Purchased from Mr. Gutekunst, 1875.
The woodcut, formerly attributed to Cranach, is, as Dr. Flechsig2 riglitly ohserved,
merely a copy in reverse from tbe engraving of 1509, Sch. 3. The shield with the
electoral swords is party per fess, sable and argent, as in the engraving.3
This portrait of Frederick III occurs not only in “ Speculum Phlebotomye” (1510),
but again in “Die Bruderschafft sancte Ursule” (1513), sig. e iii v. A copy, dated
1515, is described on p. 519.
6. PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK III, ELECTOR OF SAXONY, after Cranach.
(1510.) B. vii, 296, 135.
The same design as no. 5, with slight modifications. The head is
turned more to 1., and the eyes look more decidedly upward. Both arms
rest on the ledge, and the hands touch one another. There is no date,
and the arch is omitted ; the arms are retained, but the shield with the
electoral swords is argent and sable, not sable and argent.
[136 X 135.) Good impression, illuminated by a contemporary hand in colours and
gold, on the title-page of “ Compendium breue de bo | ne valitudinis cura” (H. Holzel,
Nuremberg, 1510; see p. 507, nos. 7, 8, and Flechsig, p. 51). In a second impression on
the back of tlie leaf only a few details are coloured.
Purchased from Mr. Bilin, 1870.
This woodcut lras also heen copied from Cranach’s engraving of 1509, but not so
closely as no. 5. Repr. Hirth’s “ Bilderbuch,” j, 417.
7. DIAGRAM OF THE SPHERES. (1510.)
In the centre, the four elements, surrounded by the spheres of the
seven planets, the zodiac, the crystalline heaven, and the primum mobile.
Above, in clouds, the Almighty and angels; below, Christ and the
apostles; in the spandrels, the arms of Saxony. Single border.
[153 X 120.] A very late impression, with the lines flattened and thickened, of the
cut used twice iu Pinder’s “Speculum intellectuale,” 1510; see p. 507, no. 7 (2).
Purchased 1834.
The block is in the Derschau collection. Becker (B 3) attributes it, on account of tlie
Saxon arms, to Cranach. In the early impressious in the book the little landscape
whicli stands for tlie element Earth is quite charactcristic of Traut.
1 No. xiii of Hirth’s “ Liebhaber-Bibliothek alter Illustratoren,” Munich, 1889.
2 “ Cranachstudien,” i, 52.
3 This arrangement superseded the oider, in which the sable field stood below tlie
argent, in 1508. The obsolete division of the shield is often found after this date in tlie
works of artists, including Diirer, who did not stand in sucli close relations as Cranach
to the electoral court. (See Flechsig, pp. 18-23.)