DOI Kapitel:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61295#0649
XAMETE — ZAGEL.
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X.
Xamete was a sculptor who is known only by the magnificent
portal of the Cath. cloister at Cuenca. This was carved between
1546 and 1550, of Arcos stone. It is twenty-eight feet high, sup-
ported by Corinthian columns, and ornamented with cupids, tritons,
harpies, etc., etc., as well as with statues of Judith and Jael, S.
John and the Virgin, and bas-reliefs of the Life of Christ.
z.
Zachtleven. See Sachtleven.
Zagel, Matthias. Flourished about 1500. He is called by differ-
ent authors Zatzinger, Zasinger, and Zinck. From the style of his
engraving he was probably a goldsmith. If his plates were not
dated, they would be thought earlier than those of Martin Schoen.
He worked with the graver only, in a neat manner, but so delicately
that his plates would not resist many impressions, and after they
were retouched the prints were very bad. It is supposed that he
worked at Munich. He also painted, and in connection with his pic-
tures was called Martin Zagel. A picture of the Crucifixion, said
to be by him, is in the Vienna Gall., and is a simple and excellent
work. His prints are very scarce. He usually marked his plates
with the letters M. Z., in Gothic character. The following are his
principal plates: ■—
Solomon’s Idolatry. 1501.
S. Catherine with the Wheel.
S. Ursula.
S. Christopher bearing the Infant Christ.
Martyrdom of S. Sebastian.
Socrates and Xantippe.
A Cavalier, seated in a Landscape, entertaining his Mistress.
A March of Soldiers, preceded by a Drummer and a Fifer.
A Lover and his Mistress embracing. 1505.
An Assembly of Courtiers, called “ The Great Ball.”
A Tournament in the Streets of Munich, called “ The Great Tour-
nament.”
In addition to these, Bartsch mentions the following : —
The Decollation of John the Baptist.
S. Sebastian pierced with Arrows.
S. George encountering the Dragon.
The Martyrdom of S. Barbe.
S. Catherine reading.
S. Margaret holding a Cross.
Meditation on Death; represented by a naked woman standing on
a skull and holding a sun-dial.
627
X.
Xamete was a sculptor who is known only by the magnificent
portal of the Cath. cloister at Cuenca. This was carved between
1546 and 1550, of Arcos stone. It is twenty-eight feet high, sup-
ported by Corinthian columns, and ornamented with cupids, tritons,
harpies, etc., etc., as well as with statues of Judith and Jael, S.
John and the Virgin, and bas-reliefs of the Life of Christ.
z.
Zachtleven. See Sachtleven.
Zagel, Matthias. Flourished about 1500. He is called by differ-
ent authors Zatzinger, Zasinger, and Zinck. From the style of his
engraving he was probably a goldsmith. If his plates were not
dated, they would be thought earlier than those of Martin Schoen.
He worked with the graver only, in a neat manner, but so delicately
that his plates would not resist many impressions, and after they
were retouched the prints were very bad. It is supposed that he
worked at Munich. He also painted, and in connection with his pic-
tures was called Martin Zagel. A picture of the Crucifixion, said
to be by him, is in the Vienna Gall., and is a simple and excellent
work. His prints are very scarce. He usually marked his plates
with the letters M. Z., in Gothic character. The following are his
principal plates: ■—
Solomon’s Idolatry. 1501.
S. Catherine with the Wheel.
S. Ursula.
S. Christopher bearing the Infant Christ.
Martyrdom of S. Sebastian.
Socrates and Xantippe.
A Cavalier, seated in a Landscape, entertaining his Mistress.
A March of Soldiers, preceded by a Drummer and a Fifer.
A Lover and his Mistress embracing. 1505.
An Assembly of Courtiers, called “ The Great Ball.”
A Tournament in the Streets of Munich, called “ The Great Tour-
nament.”
In addition to these, Bartsch mentions the following : —
The Decollation of John the Baptist.
S. Sebastian pierced with Arrows.
S. George encountering the Dragon.
The Martyrdom of S. Barbe.
S. Catherine reading.
S. Margaret holding a Cross.
Meditation on Death; represented by a naked woman standing on
a skull and holding a sun-dial.