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552
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Eart 11.
biittel ancl the defeat of Albert of Brandenburg by Henry of Bruns-
wick, 1552, and several others. The latest date conneeted with him
is 1553, and it is probable that he died in that or the following year,
for a publication of 1554 has the address of “Helena Hamerin auff
der Schmelthutten,” who was presumably his widow.
9. JONAH AND THE WHALE. 1538. Nagl. K.-L, y, 530.
This is a picture puzzle in the manner of the skull in Holbein’s
“ Ambassadors ” and a picture of Edward VI in the National Portrait
Gallery. In order to understancl the drawing the eye has to be placed
almost on a level with the picture in the r. lower corner. A long-nosed
peasant in a flat hat will then be seen in a crouching attitude. Behind
the man is a goat standing on its hind legs. Along the front is the
inscription, was . sichst . dv (what do you see 1), in letters which grow
ever wider asthey advance from 1. to r. Above the word dv is a tablet
with the date 1538, and after dv the signature, “ Steffan Hamer zw
Nurmbergk,” cut on the block. In the background 1. Jonah is emerging
from the mouth of the whale, ancl three men r., in whab appears to be a
boat, but is really the peasant’s hat, are shooting at another marine
monster. Single border.
[210 x 850.] Good impression-witli wide margin. Watermark, arms of Nnremberg.
Purchased from Mr. Cohn, 1880.
Nagler desGribes anotber puzzle of tbe same feind.
NICOLAUS MELDEMANN.
Wood-engraver, printer and publisher, Nuremberg; workecl about
1522-1535.
His address from 1530 to 1533 was “ bei der langen Briicken,”
in 1535 “ am Kornmarckt • zu der blaben thiir gegen dem Prunnen
uber ” (woodcut of the Nine Muses, Gotlia).
The fullest list of liis pubiications, though far from complete, is
given by Nagler, Mon. iv, no. 2471. For other woodeuts already
described in this catalogue, see pp. 491, 495.
The fine woodcut, Nagler, no. 6, is to be found in the library in
the 1531 edition of Hans Sachs’s poem, “Klag, Antwort und urteyl,
zwischen Fraw Armut und Pluto dem Gott der reichtumb welches
unter ylm das pesser sey.” Another poem, “ Ein kampfgesprech
Zwischendem Todtunnd dem Natiirlichen leben,” etc., was published
by Meldemann in 1533 without a woodcut.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Eart 11.
biittel ancl the defeat of Albert of Brandenburg by Henry of Bruns-
wick, 1552, and several others. The latest date conneeted with him
is 1553, and it is probable that he died in that or the following year,
for a publication of 1554 has the address of “Helena Hamerin auff
der Schmelthutten,” who was presumably his widow.
9. JONAH AND THE WHALE. 1538. Nagl. K.-L, y, 530.
This is a picture puzzle in the manner of the skull in Holbein’s
“ Ambassadors ” and a picture of Edward VI in the National Portrait
Gallery. In order to understancl the drawing the eye has to be placed
almost on a level with the picture in the r. lower corner. A long-nosed
peasant in a flat hat will then be seen in a crouching attitude. Behind
the man is a goat standing on its hind legs. Along the front is the
inscription, was . sichst . dv (what do you see 1), in letters which grow
ever wider asthey advance from 1. to r. Above the word dv is a tablet
with the date 1538, and after dv the signature, “ Steffan Hamer zw
Nurmbergk,” cut on the block. In the background 1. Jonah is emerging
from the mouth of the whale, ancl three men r., in whab appears to be a
boat, but is really the peasant’s hat, are shooting at another marine
monster. Single border.
[210 x 850.] Good impression-witli wide margin. Watermark, arms of Nnremberg.
Purchased from Mr. Cohn, 1880.
Nagler desGribes anotber puzzle of tbe same feind.
NICOLAUS MELDEMANN.
Wood-engraver, printer and publisher, Nuremberg; workecl about
1522-1535.
His address from 1530 to 1533 was “ bei der langen Briicken,”
in 1535 “ am Kornmarckt • zu der blaben thiir gegen dem Prunnen
uber ” (woodcut of the Nine Muses, Gotlia).
The fullest list of liis pubiications, though far from complete, is
given by Nagler, Mon. iv, no. 2471. For other woodeuts already
described in this catalogue, see pp. 491, 495.
The fine woodcut, Nagler, no. 6, is to be found in the library in
the 1531 edition of Hans Sachs’s poem, “Klag, Antwort und urteyl,
zwischen Fraw Armut und Pluto dem Gott der reichtumb welches
unter ylm das pesser sey.” Another poem, “ Ein kampfgesprech
Zwischendem Todtunnd dem Natiirlichen leben,” etc., was published
by Meldemann in 1533 without a woodcut.