DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.67657#0670
Mono grammis ts.
541
9. THE MONSTROUS TWINS.
B. xiii. 139, 70 (Anon.).—P. v. 151, 12.—Gal. 12.
Two monstrous births : twin children attached by the stomach, and
a three-headed cat. The children stand r., the cat 1. Between them
lies a retort-shaped egg lettered °wo (= uovo ?) In the background are
trees, a castle on the edge os a lake, and the outline of mountains in
the distance. Inscribed below :—
• ANNO • POST • CHRISTI ORTVM • MDIII
• XVI • KL • APRILIS • PONT • MAX • TEN
ENTE • ALEXANDRO • VI • NATA • SVNT
• ROME • EODEM • DIE • HAEC • MOSTRA
DVO • INFANTES • IN • VTERO • CONIV
NCTI • ET • CATVS • TRICEPS • ET • OVVM •
GALLI • IN • FORM AM • HANC • QVAM •
SVPRA • EFFINXIMVS
Signed •I B in centre below.
[(115 + 83) x 122] Clear impression, showing plate line, but torn and made up
in r. and 1. lower corners.
Collection: Durazzo (1873, No. 200).
Purchased 1873. 8. 9. 655.
Other impressions: Dresden (with MS. date 1504), Paris (B. N.), Vienna (Alb.).
Reproduction: Illustr. 10.
For another example of monstrous twins see na dat No. 3.
10. PRUDENCE!?).
P. v. 150, 8.
Prudence, naked but for a scars passing in an arch from her 1.
shoulder to her r. thigh, stands holding a serpent in her 1. hand and
in her r. a mirror into which she looks. Inscribed on a pedestal 1. :
ISTANTIA EXPENDO PRAETERITIS SEQVENTIA NECTO. Signed in
centre below. Background darkly cross-hatched.
[72 x 51] Fair impression, slightly damaged and made up.
Collections : Edward Peart, Wilson (1828, No. 72), Esdaile.
Purchased 1860. 7. 28. 640.
Reproduction: Illustr. 9.
This print, with its regularly shaded background, is quite in the manner of
a niellist. Like many of the engravers of this period, this master probably
commenced his career as a goldsmith, and the small amount of his production
in line engraving may be accounted for by the assumption of activity in this
direction.
541
9. THE MONSTROUS TWINS.
B. xiii. 139, 70 (Anon.).—P. v. 151, 12.—Gal. 12.
Two monstrous births : twin children attached by the stomach, and
a three-headed cat. The children stand r., the cat 1. Between them
lies a retort-shaped egg lettered °wo (= uovo ?) In the background are
trees, a castle on the edge os a lake, and the outline of mountains in
the distance. Inscribed below :—
• ANNO • POST • CHRISTI ORTVM • MDIII
• XVI • KL • APRILIS • PONT • MAX • TEN
ENTE • ALEXANDRO • VI • NATA • SVNT
• ROME • EODEM • DIE • HAEC • MOSTRA
DVO • INFANTES • IN • VTERO • CONIV
NCTI • ET • CATVS • TRICEPS • ET • OVVM •
GALLI • IN • FORM AM • HANC • QVAM •
SVPRA • EFFINXIMVS
Signed •I B in centre below.
[(115 + 83) x 122] Clear impression, showing plate line, but torn and made up
in r. and 1. lower corners.
Collection: Durazzo (1873, No. 200).
Purchased 1873. 8. 9. 655.
Other impressions: Dresden (with MS. date 1504), Paris (B. N.), Vienna (Alb.).
Reproduction: Illustr. 10.
For another example of monstrous twins see na dat No. 3.
10. PRUDENCE!?).
P. v. 150, 8.
Prudence, naked but for a scars passing in an arch from her 1.
shoulder to her r. thigh, stands holding a serpent in her 1. hand and
in her r. a mirror into which she looks. Inscribed on a pedestal 1. :
ISTANTIA EXPENDO PRAETERITIS SEQVENTIA NECTO. Signed in
centre below. Background darkly cross-hatched.
[72 x 51] Fair impression, slightly damaged and made up.
Collections : Edward Peart, Wilson (1828, No. 72), Esdaile.
Purchased 1860. 7. 28. 640.
Reproduction: Illustr. 9.
This print, with its regularly shaded background, is quite in the manner of
a niellist. Like many of the engravers of this period, this master probably
commenced his career as a goldsmith, and the small amount of his production
in line engraving may be accounted for by the assumption of activity in this
direction.