A Small World
Prints by the "Little Masters" of the Sixteenth Century
Prints by the "Little Masters" of the Sixteenth Century
- Aldegrever, Rhea Silvia
- Aldegrever, Dancing Couple
- Aldegrever , Ornament with Female Centaur
- Altdorfer , Neptune
- Altdorfer, Christ Shown
- Anonymous, Ornament with an Owl and Two Putti
- Beham, Madonna and Child
- Beham, Saint Christopher
- Beham, The Penance
- Beham, Christ and the Woman
- Beham, St. Matthew
- Beham, Cimon and Pero
- Beham, Cimon and Pero
- Beham, Hercules Battling Centaurs
- Beham, Hercules Slaying Nessus
- Beham, Hercules Killing Cacus
- Beham, Hercules Slaying Antaeus
- Beham, Infortunium (Misfortune)
- Beham, Triumphal Procession of the Noble
- Beham, The Peasants' Brawl
- Beham, Peasant Couple
- Beham, Market Peasant
- Beham, Standard Bearer
- Beham, Eight Nude Boys
- Beham, The Little Buffoon
- Beham, Ornament
- Beham, Triumphal Procession of Children
- Beham, Female Genius
- Binck , Genius on a Sea Monster
- Binck , The Fifer
- Binck/Brun, Foot Soldier
- Brosamer, The Kiss
- Brun, Urania
- Brun, October
- Brun, November
- Delaune, Combat d'Enfants
- Master I. B. , Battle of the Gladiators
- Pencz, Conversion of Saul
- Pencz, Woman with a Harp
- Pencz, Grammatica
- Pencz, Dialectica
- Pencz, Rhetorica
- after Pencz, Story of Abraham
- Sonnius, Ornament with a Motto
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31. Jacob Binck (ca. 1500-1569) Foot Soldier with a Musket |
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Foot Soldier with a Musket
Engraving, 1555, 72 x 47 mm., undescribed by Bartsch, Hollstein 181, Pauli app. 40; and Franz Brun (Master FB) (fl. ca. 1559-1596): Foot Soldier with a Musket, engraving, 1559, 72 x 49 mm., Bartsch 45, Hollstein 53. Binck, in 1555, was working in Königsberg. We do not know where Brun was in 1559, but it was apparently elsewhere, so he could copy Binck's image for a different local market (and perhaps improve upon it by lighting the fuse). Such copying was rife at the time, many of Binck's own engravings being copies, but innocent in the sense that there was no intent of forgery. The copyist prided himself on his skill as a craftsman engraver. The creative image, once invented and published, was looked upon as being in the public domain. One should note the ornate dress of the soldier and his ornamented helmet. The Binck is a good impression, the laid paper somewhat grey (perhaps touched with grey wash) with a few surface abrasions in blank areas and the lower right corner reinforced, trimmed along the platemark. The Brun is a fine impression on laid paper trimmed on or just inside the platemark. Sold as a pair.
