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CHAP. VI.]
ROBETTA.
471
naked. Upon a tablet, suspended to the branch of a tree, near the
right-hand border of the print, is the name, thus: ROBEta. This
engraving measures eleven inches and three-quarters in height, by
eleven inches in width. (Bartsch, No. 25.)
The Old Woman and the four Lovers.
In the middle of this piece is an old woman, standing, and seen
in a front view. She looks down, towards the left, at a little child,
who is seated on the ground, hugging and playing with a bird.
Behind the infant is a young man, sitting on a piece of rock, cares-
sing his mistress, who is seated upon his lap. On the right are two
other lovers, who, standing, and holding each other round the
waist, are conversing together; the woman being seen in front, and
the man in a back view. All these figures are naked. On the left
border of the print is a group of trees; nearer the centre, in the
middle ground, is a single tree; and, in the distance, is a hilly
landscape, terminating, on the right, with the view of a small town.
The two bottom corners of this plate appear to have been cut away.
The print bears neither the name nor the initials of Robetta, but it
is undoubtedly his work. It measures ten inches and an eighth in
height, by seven inches and an eighth in width. (Bartsch, No. 24.)
It is worthy of remark, that the view of the town in the distance
of this piece, is copied, with little alteration, but in a reverse direc-
tion, from part of the back-ground of one of Albert Durer's en-
gravings on copper; viz. that styled by Bartsch, (vol. vii. No. 73)
* L'efTet de la jalousie ;' in which is represented a naked female,
recumbent in the lap of a satyr, defended from the attacks of another
woman, who is endeavouring to beat her with a stick, by the inter-
position of a naked man, armed with a small tree, which he has torn
up by the roots.*
* This piece of Durer, as is the case with of engraving, is, unfortunately, without date,
a considerable proportion of his early works It was, perhaps, executed by him between
ROBETTA.
471
naked. Upon a tablet, suspended to the branch of a tree, near the
right-hand border of the print, is the name, thus: ROBEta. This
engraving measures eleven inches and three-quarters in height, by
eleven inches in width. (Bartsch, No. 25.)
The Old Woman and the four Lovers.
In the middle of this piece is an old woman, standing, and seen
in a front view. She looks down, towards the left, at a little child,
who is seated on the ground, hugging and playing with a bird.
Behind the infant is a young man, sitting on a piece of rock, cares-
sing his mistress, who is seated upon his lap. On the right are two
other lovers, who, standing, and holding each other round the
waist, are conversing together; the woman being seen in front, and
the man in a back view. All these figures are naked. On the left
border of the print is a group of trees; nearer the centre, in the
middle ground, is a single tree; and, in the distance, is a hilly
landscape, terminating, on the right, with the view of a small town.
The two bottom corners of this plate appear to have been cut away.
The print bears neither the name nor the initials of Robetta, but it
is undoubtedly his work. It measures ten inches and an eighth in
height, by seven inches and an eighth in width. (Bartsch, No. 24.)
It is worthy of remark, that the view of the town in the distance
of this piece, is copied, with little alteration, but in a reverse direc-
tion, from part of the back-ground of one of Albert Durer's en-
gravings on copper; viz. that styled by Bartsch, (vol. vii. No. 73)
* L'efTet de la jalousie ;' in which is represented a naked female,
recumbent in the lap of a satyr, defended from the attacks of another
woman, who is endeavouring to beat her with a stick, by the inter-
position of a naked man, armed with a small tree, which he has torn
up by the roots.*
* This piece of Durer, as is the case with of engraving, is, unfortunately, without date,
a considerable proportion of his early works It was, perhaps, executed by him between