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Early German and Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
HANS GULDENMUND.
Wood-engraver, Briefmaler, and printer; workecl at Nuremberg
about 1520-1555.1 For otber woodcuts publisbed by bim, see pp.
351, 358, 491, 499, 526, 530, 531.
4. IBKAHIM PASHA. 1529. P. iv, 218, 6. Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 347, 23.
In profile to 1, riding, carrying a baton in bis r. hand.
[262 x 195.] Good impression, coloured. At tlio head is tlie printed title,
“ Sendbrieff, so Imbraym Wrascka, den Iderrn kriegs Commissarien zu Wien mit |
seinem Handzeycken versygelt, zu gesckickt.” Tken tke letter in eigkt lines, witk
tke date, “ Geben vor Wien in mitten Octobris, Anno 1529.,” in a nintk, followed by
tke name “ Hans Guldenmnndt.” Tke verses by Hans Sacks, mentioned by P., kave
perbaps been cut off from tke bottom.
Purckased from Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., 1852.
Yigorously drawn, perkaps by Bekam. Compare Pauli, no. 1252 (repr. Hirtk i,
507).
Tkis is one of a series of Turkisk subjects, described by Passavant.
5. JOHN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS, DUKE OF SAXONY.
The Duke stands, nearly full face, but turning slightly to 1. He
wears a short fur-lined mantle and a cap with ostrich feathers. He holds
the liilt of a sword in each of his gloved hands. To r., over his 1.
shoulder, is an escutcheon with the arms of Saxony. The title, printed
over his head, is “Yon Gottes gnaden Johans Friderich j Hertzog zu
Sachssen.” At the foot of the print is the address, “ Gedruckt zu
Niirmberg durch Hans Guldenmundt, bey den Eleisch Pencken.”
[Woodcut, 315 x 222 ; skeet, 366 x 245.] Good, early impression, coloured.
Purckased from Mr. Bousfield, 1850.
Tke connection of tkis woodcut witk Cranack is remote. Guldenmund publisked
anotker portrait of Jolin Frederick in 1544, as one of a series of tke seven Electors
(Gotba).
5a. JOIIN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS, DUKE OF SAXONY.
[Skeet, 356 X 243.] A later edition of tlie same portrait, not coloured. Title,
“Vo Gottes gnaden Jokans Friderick | Hertzog zu Sackse.” Address, “ Haus Gul-
denmundt.” Watermark, narrow kigk crown.
Presented by W. Mitckell, Esq., 1895.
6. TIIE TWO ELDER SONS OF JOIIN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS.
Tlie younger son, John William (1530-1573), stands 1., the elder,
John Erederick II (1529-1595), at his side r. The date may be about
1544. The elder prince is more than a head taller than his brother.
The arms of Saxony are placecl between them. Over the escutcheon is the
1 Tke earliest publication of Guldenmund’s witli wkicb I am acquainted is “ Bene-
dicite, so man zu Tisck geken wil ” (undated), at Gotka (Sammelband ii, 3) ; tbe latest
is a standard-bearer, also at Gotha, with tlie signature, “Hans Guldenmund der Elder,
MDLV.”
Early German and Flemish Woodeuts.—Part II.
HANS GULDENMUND.
Wood-engraver, Briefmaler, and printer; workecl at Nuremberg
about 1520-1555.1 For otber woodcuts publisbed by bim, see pp.
351, 358, 491, 499, 526, 530, 531.
4. IBKAHIM PASHA. 1529. P. iv, 218, 6. Nagl. Mon. iii, p. 347, 23.
In profile to 1, riding, carrying a baton in bis r. hand.
[262 x 195.] Good impression, coloured. At tlio head is tlie printed title,
“ Sendbrieff, so Imbraym Wrascka, den Iderrn kriegs Commissarien zu Wien mit |
seinem Handzeycken versygelt, zu gesckickt.” Tken tke letter in eigkt lines, witk
tke date, “ Geben vor Wien in mitten Octobris, Anno 1529.,” in a nintk, followed by
tke name “ Hans Guldenmnndt.” Tke verses by Hans Sacks, mentioned by P., kave
perbaps been cut off from tke bottom.
Purckased from Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., 1852.
Yigorously drawn, perkaps by Bekam. Compare Pauli, no. 1252 (repr. Hirtk i,
507).
Tkis is one of a series of Turkisk subjects, described by Passavant.
5. JOHN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS, DUKE OF SAXONY.
The Duke stands, nearly full face, but turning slightly to 1. He
wears a short fur-lined mantle and a cap with ostrich feathers. He holds
the liilt of a sword in each of his gloved hands. To r., over his 1.
shoulder, is an escutcheon with the arms of Saxony. The title, printed
over his head, is “Yon Gottes gnaden Johans Friderich j Hertzog zu
Sachssen.” At the foot of the print is the address, “ Gedruckt zu
Niirmberg durch Hans Guldenmundt, bey den Eleisch Pencken.”
[Woodcut, 315 x 222 ; skeet, 366 x 245.] Good, early impression, coloured.
Purckased from Mr. Bousfield, 1850.
Tke connection of tkis woodcut witk Cranack is remote. Guldenmund publisked
anotker portrait of Jolin Frederick in 1544, as one of a series of tke seven Electors
(Gotba).
5a. JOIIN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS, DUKE OF SAXONY.
[Skeet, 356 X 243.] A later edition of tlie same portrait, not coloured. Title,
“Vo Gottes gnaden Jokans Friderick | Hertzog zu Sackse.” Address, “ Haus Gul-
denmundt.” Watermark, narrow kigk crown.
Presented by W. Mitckell, Esq., 1895.
6. TIIE TWO ELDER SONS OF JOIIN FREDERICK THE MAGNANIMOUS.
Tlie younger son, John William (1530-1573), stands 1., the elder,
John Erederick II (1529-1595), at his side r. The date may be about
1544. The elder prince is more than a head taller than his brother.
The arms of Saxony are placecl between them. Over the escutcheon is the
1 Tke earliest publication of Guldenmund’s witli wkicb I am acquainted is “ Bene-
dicite, so man zu Tisck geken wil ” (undated), at Gotka (Sammelband ii, 3) ; tbe latest
is a standard-bearer, also at Gotha, with tlie signature, “Hans Guldenmund der Elder,
MDLV.”