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Division A.—Sohool of Nuremberg.—Traut.
515
8. THE NATIYITY. 1511. Part of P. iii, 206, 265.
The Virgin kneels, facing ]., in a ruinecl building, and adores the
naked infant lying on her robe. Hard by are the ox and ass. St. Joseph
advances from r., carrying a lantern. Outside, to 1., the star of Bethlehem
is shining, and two shepherds look in through a gap in the wall. Their
sheep and goats are seen on the hillside. Beyond the other end of the
building r. the angel is seen announcing the Hativity to a kneeling
shepherd. In the r. lower corner is the date 1511 (the 5 reversed).
Single border.
[80 x 812.] Good impression. Watermark, a tower (fragment only visible).
Presented by W. Mitckell, Esq., 1895.
Tkis woodcut appears witk fourteen otkers, all by Traut, on a broadside (see p. 319),
described by Passavant, of whick tbere are impressions at Beriin, Florence (Uffizi),
Innsbruck (univ. libr.), Stuttgart, Yienna (Alb. and Hofbibl.) and Wiirzburg. Tke
remaining cuts are eleven subjects of tke Passion [70 X 60], largely copied from Diirer’s
Little Passion, tke kand of God pointing to tkem, a group of clergy 1. keaded by tke
Pope, and a group of laymen r. headed by tke Emperor. Tke watermark of tke
broadside, in botk the Vienna impressions, is tbat of whick tke Nativity liere skows a
fragment, viz. a tower witk a crown above it, surmounted by a flower on a long stalk.
Tke wkole skeet (at Berlin) measures 433 x 593 mm.
Tke Albertina also possesses a companion skeet, undescribed, witli tke same
Nativity and tke kand of God above it, but different cuts in other positions. Divergent
lines issue, as in P. 265, from tke kand. Tkey point to seven Passion cuts (not by
Traut), eack 75 x 71, representing tke Betrayal of Ckrist, Ckrist before Pilate, Christ
bearing tke Cross, Christ nailed to tke Cross, the piercing of tke side of Ckrist, tke
Lamentation for Ckrist, and tke Entombment. Tke cuts below represent 1. tke Yirgin
and Child in a nimbus [195 x 104], r. Frederick III of Saxony, kneeling, witli a Bosary
[196 x 104]. Tke woodcut is (or was) attributed to Cranack.
P. 265 was first rigktly attributed to Traut by Dr. W. Sckmidt, in Chronih f.
vervielf. Kunst, 1891, iv, 57. It is full of kis peculiar mannerisms, but not so original
as tke Passion, in 33 cuts, of 1510. Wkile tke small cuts are largely copied from Diirer,
tke Nativity repeats a composition attributed to Diirei' (B. app. 3), but morc probably
by Hans von Kulmbach. See p. 501 on an altarpiece at Nuremberg connectcd witk
tkis woodcut.
f THE OKDEAL OF ST. KUNIGUNDA. (1511.)
(Eeproduction.)
Process reproduotion, made for this catalogue, of tke eightli cut in tke Life of St.
Henry, printed by Pfeyl at Bamberg in 1511 (p. 507, no. 10). It is a copy by Traut
kimself, in every way inferior, reduced from the largest cut on tlie broadside printed by
Holzel iti 1509 (p. 511).
f ST. FBANCIS. (1511.)
(Keproduction.)
Process reproduction, made for tkis catalogue, of tlie second cut in tke Life of St.
Francis, printed by Holzel at Nuremberg in 1512 (p. 502, no. 1).
t ST. FBANCIS EXCHANGES IIIS OWN CLOTHES FOB A BEGGAB’S
BAGS. (1511.)
(Beproduction.)
Process reproduction, from Baer’s catalogue, no. 461, of tlie seventk cut in tke same
work.
9. THE ARMS OF DUKE JOHN OF BAVARIA, ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE DIOCESE OF RATISBON. 1512.
An escutcheon bearing quarterly, 1 and 4, the arms of thc diocese of
Ratisbon, 2, the lion, and 3, the lozenges of Bavaria, is surmounted by
two helms witli crests, viz. on the dexter side a fish bearing a crown and
2 l 2
515
8. THE NATIYITY. 1511. Part of P. iii, 206, 265.
The Virgin kneels, facing ]., in a ruinecl building, and adores the
naked infant lying on her robe. Hard by are the ox and ass. St. Joseph
advances from r., carrying a lantern. Outside, to 1., the star of Bethlehem
is shining, and two shepherds look in through a gap in the wall. Their
sheep and goats are seen on the hillside. Beyond the other end of the
building r. the angel is seen announcing the Hativity to a kneeling
shepherd. In the r. lower corner is the date 1511 (the 5 reversed).
Single border.
[80 x 812.] Good impression. Watermark, a tower (fragment only visible).
Presented by W. Mitckell, Esq., 1895.
Tkis woodcut appears witk fourteen otkers, all by Traut, on a broadside (see p. 319),
described by Passavant, of whick tbere are impressions at Beriin, Florence (Uffizi),
Innsbruck (univ. libr.), Stuttgart, Yienna (Alb. and Hofbibl.) and Wiirzburg. Tke
remaining cuts are eleven subjects of tke Passion [70 X 60], largely copied from Diirer’s
Little Passion, tke kand of God pointing to tkem, a group of clergy 1. keaded by tke
Pope, and a group of laymen r. headed by tke Emperor. Tke watermark of tke
broadside, in botk the Vienna impressions, is tbat of whick tke Nativity liere skows a
fragment, viz. a tower witk a crown above it, surmounted by a flower on a long stalk.
Tke wkole skeet (at Berlin) measures 433 x 593 mm.
Tke Albertina also possesses a companion skeet, undescribed, witli tke same
Nativity and tke kand of God above it, but different cuts in other positions. Divergent
lines issue, as in P. 265, from tke kand. Tkey point to seven Passion cuts (not by
Traut), eack 75 x 71, representing tke Betrayal of Ckrist, Ckrist before Pilate, Christ
bearing tke Cross, Christ nailed to tke Cross, the piercing of tke side of Ckrist, tke
Lamentation for Ckrist, and tke Entombment. Tke cuts below represent 1. tke Yirgin
and Child in a nimbus [195 x 104], r. Frederick III of Saxony, kneeling, witli a Bosary
[196 x 104]. Tke woodcut is (or was) attributed to Cranack.
P. 265 was first rigktly attributed to Traut by Dr. W. Sckmidt, in Chronih f.
vervielf. Kunst, 1891, iv, 57. It is full of kis peculiar mannerisms, but not so original
as tke Passion, in 33 cuts, of 1510. Wkile tke small cuts are largely copied from Diirer,
tke Nativity repeats a composition attributed to Diirei' (B. app. 3), but morc probably
by Hans von Kulmbach. See p. 501 on an altarpiece at Nuremberg connectcd witk
tkis woodcut.
f THE OKDEAL OF ST. KUNIGUNDA. (1511.)
(Eeproduction.)
Process reproduotion, made for this catalogue, of tke eightli cut in tke Life of St.
Henry, printed by Pfeyl at Bamberg in 1511 (p. 507, no. 10). It is a copy by Traut
kimself, in every way inferior, reduced from the largest cut on tlie broadside printed by
Holzel iti 1509 (p. 511).
f ST. FBANCIS. (1511.)
(Keproduction.)
Process reproduction, made for tkis catalogue, of tlie second cut in tke Life of St.
Francis, printed by Holzel at Nuremberg in 1512 (p. 502, no. 1).
t ST. FBANCIS EXCHANGES IIIS OWN CLOTHES FOB A BEGGAB’S
BAGS. (1511.)
(Beproduction.)
Process reproduction, from Baer’s catalogue, no. 461, of tlie seventk cut in tke same
work.
9. THE ARMS OF DUKE JOHN OF BAVARIA, ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE DIOCESE OF RATISBON. 1512.
An escutcheon bearing quarterly, 1 and 4, the arms of thc diocese of
Ratisbon, 2, the lion, and 3, the lozenges of Bavaria, is surmounted by
two helms witli crests, viz. on the dexter side a fish bearing a crown and
2 l 2