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Drawings.
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331. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Illustration or a Proverb.
Pen and ink. 69 x 191. 1913-3-31-203.
See Burlington Magazine, XXV (1914), p. 164, and XXVI (1914-15),
p. 145 (article by Campbell Dodgson : “ Two illustrations of a German
Proverb ”). The proverb illustrated is “ Der Hoffart sitzt der Bettel auf
der Schleppe” (Beggary sits on the train of Pride). At Berlin is a picture of
this subject by Altdorfer.
332. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Hale-Length Figure or St. Lau-
rence within a Decorative Border, Design bor a Roundel or
Stained Glass.
Pen and brown ink. Dated 1521 to 1. of the figure ; below the date is the
monogram of Diirer added in pencil by a later hand. Diam. 314 mm.
Collection : Sloane (5218—55).
Repr. in Diirer Society, VI (1903), pl. XIV, with note by Campbell Dodgson.
A companion to this drawing representing St. Sebald, within a similar
border, above the Jungfernadler of Nuremburg (in place of the city arms),
was formerly in the Lanna Collection at Prague.
333. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Christ Crowned with Thorns.
Design bor a Roundel ob Stained Glass.
Pen and brown ink ; diam. 229 mm. Dated 1522 below in centre and
inscribed “ Albert Durer ” by a later hand. 1920-4-20-2.
There is a similar drawing of the Denial of St. Peter in the British Museum.
Both belong to a series of designs for stained glass roundels of Passion
subjects, of which others are at Berlin, Frankfort, Oxford, and in the
Oppenheimer collection, London.
334. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Design bor an Heraldic Roundel
or Glass with Figures or the B. V. M. and St. Martin on Tours.
Pen and ink, washed with water colours. Diam. 315 mm. Collection :
Sloane (5218-193).
Above the tablet below in centre is the date 1522 which, though not original,
must be approximately correct.
The double coat-of-arms is evidently an Allianzwappen, i.e. the arms of a
husband and his wife. The coat on the right, corresponding to the figures
of SS. Ulrich and Afra above, is probably that of the Augsburg family
von Stain, while that on the left, corresponding to the Bamberg saints,
Henry and Kunigunda, has not been identified. This is one of the finest
of Beham’s extant drawings.
335. Hans Hoehmann (died 1591/92). Study or a Dead Bird Suspended
brom a Nail.
Brush drawing in colour on vellum. Signed with the monogram and dated
1583. 370 x 180. Collection : Mitchell. 1890-5-12-156.
This is an independent imitation of Dtirer’s celebrated study of a dead
roller, L. 526, at Vienna, of which there is a copy, perhaps also by Hoffmann,
in the British Museum. Neither the colours nor the position of the wings are
the same in the present drawing ; it is doubtful whether the latter was
actually studied from Nature.
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331. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Illustration or a Proverb.
Pen and ink. 69 x 191. 1913-3-31-203.
See Burlington Magazine, XXV (1914), p. 164, and XXVI (1914-15),
p. 145 (article by Campbell Dodgson : “ Two illustrations of a German
Proverb ”). The proverb illustrated is “ Der Hoffart sitzt der Bettel auf
der Schleppe” (Beggary sits on the train of Pride). At Berlin is a picture of
this subject by Altdorfer.
332. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Hale-Length Figure or St. Lau-
rence within a Decorative Border, Design bor a Roundel or
Stained Glass.
Pen and brown ink. Dated 1521 to 1. of the figure ; below the date is the
monogram of Diirer added in pencil by a later hand. Diam. 314 mm.
Collection : Sloane (5218—55).
Repr. in Diirer Society, VI (1903), pl. XIV, with note by Campbell Dodgson.
A companion to this drawing representing St. Sebald, within a similar
border, above the Jungfernadler of Nuremburg (in place of the city arms),
was formerly in the Lanna Collection at Prague.
333. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Christ Crowned with Thorns.
Design bor a Roundel ob Stained Glass.
Pen and brown ink ; diam. 229 mm. Dated 1522 below in centre and
inscribed “ Albert Durer ” by a later hand. 1920-4-20-2.
There is a similar drawing of the Denial of St. Peter in the British Museum.
Both belong to a series of designs for stained glass roundels of Passion
subjects, of which others are at Berlin, Frankfort, Oxford, and in the
Oppenheimer collection, London.
334. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Design bor an Heraldic Roundel
or Glass with Figures or the B. V. M. and St. Martin on Tours.
Pen and ink, washed with water colours. Diam. 315 mm. Collection :
Sloane (5218-193).
Above the tablet below in centre is the date 1522 which, though not original,
must be approximately correct.
The double coat-of-arms is evidently an Allianzwappen, i.e. the arms of a
husband and his wife. The coat on the right, corresponding to the figures
of SS. Ulrich and Afra above, is probably that of the Augsburg family
von Stain, while that on the left, corresponding to the Bamberg saints,
Henry and Kunigunda, has not been identified. This is one of the finest
of Beham’s extant drawings.
335. Hans Hoehmann (died 1591/92). Study or a Dead Bird Suspended
brom a Nail.
Brush drawing in colour on vellum. Signed with the monogram and dated
1583. 370 x 180. Collection : Mitchell. 1890-5-12-156.
This is an independent imitation of Dtirer’s celebrated study of a dead
roller, L. 526, at Vienna, of which there is a copy, perhaps also by Hoffmann,
in the British Museum. Neither the colours nor the position of the wings are
the same in the present drawing ; it is doubtful whether the latter was
actually studied from Nature.