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NICOLETTO DA MODENA.
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pulcror, and the date 1500. At the bottom of the print, on the
left, is inscribed, opus nicoleti; and on the right, modenensis
rosex. On the ground, near the last-mentioned inscription, is an
engraving tool. Mr. Bartsch observes that this print is a copy,
executed with such variations as were necessary to adapt it to the
present subject, from an engraving of Albert Durer. In Durer's
print the globe bears the characters . O . G. H. and the date 1497.
This piece measures six inches and live-eighths in height, by four
inches and three-quarters in width. (Bartsch, No. 62.)
A Goat with two Satyrs.
The goat is raising itself upon its hind legs, and plucking the
leaves of a tree. One of the satyrs, meanwhile, is sucking its teats,
and the other is drinking milk out of a horn, The back-ground
represents a wood. In the upper part of the print is a tablet, sus-
pended to a tree, on which are the characters Ni. ro. (Bartsch,
No. 59.)
Three Infants.
In the middle of the print an infant is represented standing, and
seen in front, his hands being raised and pressed together, as if he
were at prayer; which, nevertheless, does not appear to be his
employment. On the left is a second infant, who is turned towards
him in the centre, and raises his left hand; and on the right, is a
third infant, who, in like manner, is turned towards the central one,
and raises his right hand. These figures, whose allegorical meaning
I am unable to discover, are naked. In the centre of the piece,
behind the first described figure, is a tree, to the branches of which
is suspended a scroll, with this inscription: op nicoleti de mutina
de rubeis. The back-ground is a simple dark tint. An impression
of this interesting engraving, which has escaped the researches of
Bartsch, is in the collection of Mr. Lloyd. It is engraved in a
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pulcror, and the date 1500. At the bottom of the print, on the
left, is inscribed, opus nicoleti; and on the right, modenensis
rosex. On the ground, near the last-mentioned inscription, is an
engraving tool. Mr. Bartsch observes that this print is a copy,
executed with such variations as were necessary to adapt it to the
present subject, from an engraving of Albert Durer. In Durer's
print the globe bears the characters . O . G. H. and the date 1497.
This piece measures six inches and live-eighths in height, by four
inches and three-quarters in width. (Bartsch, No. 62.)
A Goat with two Satyrs.
The goat is raising itself upon its hind legs, and plucking the
leaves of a tree. One of the satyrs, meanwhile, is sucking its teats,
and the other is drinking milk out of a horn, The back-ground
represents a wood. In the upper part of the print is a tablet, sus-
pended to a tree, on which are the characters Ni. ro. (Bartsch,
No. 59.)
Three Infants.
In the middle of the print an infant is represented standing, and
seen in front, his hands being raised and pressed together, as if he
were at prayer; which, nevertheless, does not appear to be his
employment. On the left is a second infant, who is turned towards
him in the centre, and raises his left hand; and on the right, is a
third infant, who, in like manner, is turned towards the central one,
and raises his right hand. These figures, whose allegorical meaning
I am unable to discover, are naked. In the centre of the piece,
behind the first described figure, is a tree, to the branches of which
is suspended a scroll, with this inscription: op nicoleti de mutina
de rubeis. The back-ground is a simple dark tint. An impression
of this interesting engraving, which has escaped the researches of
Bartsch, is in the collection of Mr. Lloyd. It is engraved in a