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CHAP. VI1I.J
MARTIN SCHONGAUER.
649
Bartsch informs us, that retouched impressions of this engraving
exist, bearing the date 1482.
7. The Flight into Egypt. The Ass, bearing the Madonna with
the Infant on her lap, is turned towards the right. Behind on the
same side is Joseph, who is represented pulling down and gather-
ing dates from a palm-tree; assisted in the operation by five little
angels. The design is upon the whole an extremely beautiful one,
though the ass is too small for his load. h. 10 : w. 6, 1-half.
There is an anonymous copy of this piece, in a reverse direction.
8. The Baptism of Christ. Jesus is standing up to his legs in the
river Jordan. John kneels on the bank on the left, and on the
right stands an angel, holding a linen cloth. The half figure of the
Almighty, with the Holy Spirit, is represented in the sky. h. and
w. 6, l-8th. Of this piece Bartsch mentions an anonymous copy, of
somewhat smaller dimensions, in a reverse direction.
9—20. The Passion of Christ. A set of twelve prints, each
measuring 6, 1-half in height, by 4, 1-half in width.
9. Christ praying on the Mount of Olives. 10. Christ taken in the
Garden. 11. Christ brought before the High Priest. 12. The Flagel-
lation. 13. Christ crowned with thorns. 14. Christ before Pilate,
who is represented washing his hands. 15. Christ presented to the
People. 16. Christ bearing his Cross. 17. The Crucifixion. 18. The
Entombment of Christ. 19. Christ's Descent into Limbo. 20. The
"Resurrection of Christ*
This series, as has been already stated, was copied by the ancient
engraver who used the mark T> (X ft. It was also copied by one
* The reader will observe, respecting our cessary for us to be more particular in our
catalogues of the old German artists, that descriptions of the endless varieties of en-
where the subject of an engraving is of that gravings representing Madonnas, and other
nature, that the piece cannot be mistaken, (as similar devotional subjects, which could not
is the case with the above pieces of the otherwise be so readily distinguished from
Passion,) we have judged it sufficient to give each other,
its title and measurement. It has been ne-
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MARTIN SCHONGAUER.
649
Bartsch informs us, that retouched impressions of this engraving
exist, bearing the date 1482.
7. The Flight into Egypt. The Ass, bearing the Madonna with
the Infant on her lap, is turned towards the right. Behind on the
same side is Joseph, who is represented pulling down and gather-
ing dates from a palm-tree; assisted in the operation by five little
angels. The design is upon the whole an extremely beautiful one,
though the ass is too small for his load. h. 10 : w. 6, 1-half.
There is an anonymous copy of this piece, in a reverse direction.
8. The Baptism of Christ. Jesus is standing up to his legs in the
river Jordan. John kneels on the bank on the left, and on the
right stands an angel, holding a linen cloth. The half figure of the
Almighty, with the Holy Spirit, is represented in the sky. h. and
w. 6, l-8th. Of this piece Bartsch mentions an anonymous copy, of
somewhat smaller dimensions, in a reverse direction.
9—20. The Passion of Christ. A set of twelve prints, each
measuring 6, 1-half in height, by 4, 1-half in width.
9. Christ praying on the Mount of Olives. 10. Christ taken in the
Garden. 11. Christ brought before the High Priest. 12. The Flagel-
lation. 13. Christ crowned with thorns. 14. Christ before Pilate,
who is represented washing his hands. 15. Christ presented to the
People. 16. Christ bearing his Cross. 17. The Crucifixion. 18. The
Entombment of Christ. 19. Christ's Descent into Limbo. 20. The
"Resurrection of Christ*
This series, as has been already stated, was copied by the ancient
engraver who used the mark T> (X ft. It was also copied by one
* The reader will observe, respecting our cessary for us to be more particular in our
catalogues of the old German artists, that descriptions of the endless varieties of en-
where the subject of an engraving is of that gravings representing Madonnas, and other
nature, that the piece cannot be mistaken, (as similar devotional subjects, which could not
is the case with the above pieces of the otherwise be so readily distinguished from
Passion,) we have judged it sufficient to give each other,
its title and measurement. It has been ne-
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