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Early German anct Flemisli Woodcuts.—Part 11.
X.—THE MASTEE H S"
Designer of furnitnre and ornamental woodwork; worked about
1530-1540.
Xotices of tliis master may be found in Brulliot, ii, 2854, Xagler,
“ Monogrammisten,” iii, no. 1488, and Schestag, “ Katalog der Orna-
mentstich-Sammlung des k. k. Osterr. Museums fur Kunst und
Industrie,” Yienna, 1871, p. 127. ITis name is unknown.1 The
woodcuts which bear his monogram, sometimes combined witli that
of another artist (see XI), are invariably found on the backs of impres-
sions of other woodcuts.2 Some of the latter are by Augsburg
masters, but the majority are of Xuremberg origin; and it is probable
that the two artists known only by tlieir monograms were house
decorators at Xuremberg contemporary with Elotner, to whom tliey
are inferior in draughtsmanship, though tlieir designs are in a fairly
pure Eenaissance style. One of the designs of this master is repro-
duced in ITirth’s Formenschatz, 1894, no. 6.
1. DESIGN FOR PART OF TPIE DECORATION OF A WALL.
This is the elevation of a structure resembling a portal, with a central
pediruent flanked by Xereids wearing helmets. Under the pediment is a
balcony with a balustrade, ancl below this a niche to contahi a vessel of
water.3 The mark, a carpenter’s square laid across two arrows, is placed
on the round projecting pedestal under the niche; the initials are on flat
panels on either side.
[Limits of design, 288 x 151.] On the back of a caricature, somewhat in Elotner’s
manner (p. 541, no. 36).
In the inventory of 1837.
la. A FRAGMENT OE THE SAME DESIGN.
[130 x 150.] The upper part only, including the capitals of the pilasters that flank
the niche. This impression preserves a ball placed above the apex of the pediment,
wbich has been cut off in the case of no. 1. The total height of the latter, with this
addition, would be 296 mm.
1 The emblem between the initials H S is almost identical with the armorial
bearings of the Meichssner family (?ee “ Geschlechfbuch des heiligen Reichs Stat
Niirnberg,” 1610). In the latter, however, the arrows are plaeed with the point upwards.
2 The ornamental designs appear always to have been printed first. The papcr
that contained these was sometimes larger than was required for the figure subject, and
it was then cut down, without any regard to the ornament. The figure subjects are
never cut.
3 The similar woodcut, XI, 2, clearly shows what the niehe was intended_to contain,
though here it is left empty.
Early German anct Flemisli Woodcuts.—Part 11.
X.—THE MASTEE H S"
Designer of furnitnre and ornamental woodwork; worked about
1530-1540.
Xotices of tliis master may be found in Brulliot, ii, 2854, Xagler,
“ Monogrammisten,” iii, no. 1488, and Schestag, “ Katalog der Orna-
mentstich-Sammlung des k. k. Osterr. Museums fur Kunst und
Industrie,” Yienna, 1871, p. 127. ITis name is unknown.1 The
woodcuts which bear his monogram, sometimes combined witli that
of another artist (see XI), are invariably found on the backs of impres-
sions of other woodcuts.2 Some of the latter are by Augsburg
masters, but the majority are of Xuremberg origin; and it is probable
that the two artists known only by tlieir monograms were house
decorators at Xuremberg contemporary with Elotner, to whom tliey
are inferior in draughtsmanship, though tlieir designs are in a fairly
pure Eenaissance style. One of the designs of this master is repro-
duced in ITirth’s Formenschatz, 1894, no. 6.
1. DESIGN FOR PART OF TPIE DECORATION OF A WALL.
This is the elevation of a structure resembling a portal, with a central
pediruent flanked by Xereids wearing helmets. Under the pediment is a
balcony with a balustrade, ancl below this a niche to contahi a vessel of
water.3 The mark, a carpenter’s square laid across two arrows, is placed
on the round projecting pedestal under the niche; the initials are on flat
panels on either side.
[Limits of design, 288 x 151.] On the back of a caricature, somewhat in Elotner’s
manner (p. 541, no. 36).
In the inventory of 1837.
la. A FRAGMENT OE THE SAME DESIGN.
[130 x 150.] The upper part only, including the capitals of the pilasters that flank
the niche. This impression preserves a ball placed above the apex of the pediment,
wbich has been cut off in the case of no. 1. The total height of the latter, with this
addition, would be 296 mm.
1 The emblem between the initials H S is almost identical with the armorial
bearings of the Meichssner family (?ee “ Geschlechfbuch des heiligen Reichs Stat
Niirnberg,” 1610). In the latter, however, the arrows are plaeed with the point upwards.
2 The ornamental designs appear always to have been printed first. The papcr
that contained these was sometimes larger than was required for the figure subject, and
it was then cut down, without any regard to the ornament. The figure subjects are
never cut.
3 The similar woodcut, XI, 2, clearly shows what the niehe was intended_to contain,
though here it is left empty.