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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44. Michel Sonnius (XVIth Century) Ornament with a Motto |
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Ornament with a Motto
Engraving ca. 1557, 69 x 52 mm., Nagler Monogrammisten V-167, ex collection: Lenormand du Coudray (1712-1789) (Lugt 1704). Very fine impression on laid paper, trimmed on the platemark, which is visible in places; nick at the lower right.
This gorgeous little ornament print, the product of an obscure French engraver, is of the greatest rarity.
The composition is complex and crowded. In the central panel, a snake, symbol of evil, is thrust into the fire by the hand of God. The motto, appropriately, is "If God be for us, who can be against us."
ADDITIONAL PRINTS BY THE LITTLE MASTERS MAY BE FOUND IN OUR WEB EXHIBITION "SIXTEENTH CENTURY NORTHERN ENGRAVING AND ETCHING."
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