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DRY-POINTS, AND ETCHINGS.
94 THE VIRGIN CROWNED BY ONE ANGEL—B 37;
H 537; R 236; M 92.—Monogram and date, 1520, on a
TABLET.
a. Very fine impression. Printed in soft, warmish ink, the tinting
quite pronounced, the broad lights wiped clean. From the Mariette
and Von Liphart Collections.
b. Also a fine impression, with still heavier tinting, and printed on
paper of a warmer tone than a. Broad margin. Watermark, a jug.
These impressions are remarkable for their tinting, more especially b, in which
it is rather too heavy. (Compare with No. 95.) The impressions examined in
Europe vary considerably. In Paris there is a grayish impression, lacking
brilliancy. The impression in London, very fine and delicate, is printed in
warmish ink, with slight tinting in the close work. That in Dresden is fair,
very delicate, rather warmish ink, slight tinting,— on the whole, a trifle dingy.
The one in Berlin is quite artificially printed,— in general rather delicate,
warmish ink, clean wiped in the lights, but with very heavy tinting in the
close work on the right, the distance on the left kept much lighter.
“ Stiff and spiritless,” says Thausing (II, p. 134), and this severe criticism
must be admitted, however unwillingly. Most of these Madonnas have the
flavor of market ware, but even in them the conscientiousness of the artist
did not permit him to slight his work, and they are, therefore, technically
quite perfect. It may not be amiss to note here that in Heller’s description
of the copy, No. 538 of his list, the first two of the explanatory figures have
been accidentally reversed, so that, according to their evidence, the original
would be taken for the copy.
There was a study for this print in the Klinkosch Collection. A reproduc-
tion is given in the auction catalogue of this collection (Vienna: C. J. Wawra,
1889).
95 THE VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD SWADDLED— B 38;
H 585; R 237; M 93.— Monogram and date, 1520, on a
TABLET.
a- Very fine impression, in soft brownish-black ink. Concerning the
printing, see below. From the Kalle Collection.
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94 THE VIRGIN CROWNED BY ONE ANGEL—B 37;
H 537; R 236; M 92.—Monogram and date, 1520, on a
TABLET.
a. Very fine impression. Printed in soft, warmish ink, the tinting
quite pronounced, the broad lights wiped clean. From the Mariette
and Von Liphart Collections.
b. Also a fine impression, with still heavier tinting, and printed on
paper of a warmer tone than a. Broad margin. Watermark, a jug.
These impressions are remarkable for their tinting, more especially b, in which
it is rather too heavy. (Compare with No. 95.) The impressions examined in
Europe vary considerably. In Paris there is a grayish impression, lacking
brilliancy. The impression in London, very fine and delicate, is printed in
warmish ink, with slight tinting in the close work. That in Dresden is fair,
very delicate, rather warmish ink, slight tinting,— on the whole, a trifle dingy.
The one in Berlin is quite artificially printed,— in general rather delicate,
warmish ink, clean wiped in the lights, but with very heavy tinting in the
close work on the right, the distance on the left kept much lighter.
“ Stiff and spiritless,” says Thausing (II, p. 134), and this severe criticism
must be admitted, however unwillingly. Most of these Madonnas have the
flavor of market ware, but even in them the conscientiousness of the artist
did not permit him to slight his work, and they are, therefore, technically
quite perfect. It may not be amiss to note here that in Heller’s description
of the copy, No. 538 of his list, the first two of the explanatory figures have
been accidentally reversed, so that, according to their evidence, the original
would be taken for the copy.
There was a study for this print in the Klinkosch Collection. A reproduc-
tion is given in the auction catalogue of this collection (Vienna: C. J. Wawra,
1889).
95 THE VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD SWADDLED— B 38;
H 585; R 237; M 93.— Monogram and date, 1520, on a
TABLET.
a- Very fine impression, in soft brownish-black ink. Concerning the
printing, see below. From the Kalle Collection.
19 81