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Portrait of Ludwig KnausModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This is a portrait or one interesting and important artist made by another interesting and important artist! We see the face and head of Ludwig Knaus (1829 – 1910), the German naturalist artist and ge [...]

Keywords: portraits, artists, minstrels, musical instruments, borders, frames, beards, quill pens, greyscale

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Added: 2025-08-24

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Wandering MinstrelModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This youth has a lute strapped to his back and holds an open manuscript book in his left hand in his right, a quill pen. Perhaps he is writing a song, although he won’t get far without an inkwell. He [...]

Keywords: minstrels, people, music, musical instruments, song-writing, books, pens, men, medieval, greyscale

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Cherub Facing RightModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This is only a baby cherub, with tiny wings not-yet grown, a little Cupid or Eros. he sits naked on the ground and gestures in front of him with his left hand. This was part of the masthead for the mo [...]

Keywords: cherubs, putti, boys, wings, winged, love, romance, mythological creatures, bare feet, infants, greyscale

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Added: 2025-08-27

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Cherub with paintbrushModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This winged naked little boy is intent on a canvas in front of him. He faces away from us and slightly to his left side (our left too); in his left hand is an artist’s palette and in his right a paint [...]

Keywords: yyy, greyscale

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Added: 2025-09-06

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Christmas MassModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

Choirboys, an orchestra, a conductor who appears to be starting into space, an inuntersested congregation, some of whom are kneeling at at the door. It looks as if perhaps we see a minstrel’s gallery, [...]

Keywords: christmas, choirboys, boys, people, singing, music, religion, xmas, interiors, chapels, churches, musical instruments, greyscale

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt (At Christmasfest)Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

At the Christmas Festival Market. The boy in the engraving sits holding a box, perhaps containing boxes of matches or small cakes; a candle (perhaps) is lighting up a sheet of paper at the front of t [...]

Keywords: chistmas, xmas, boys, people, lighting, faces, selling, vendors, markets, greyscale

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Ornate Victorian BorderModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

On the edge of Art Nouveau, this coloured border includes a cherub or putto (a naked boy with or without wings) playing the violin. Originally it surrounded a drawing of a young German woman. This wou [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, victorian borders, cherubs, shields, trelliswork, xmas, christmas

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Cherub playing a grand pianoModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

Strictly speaking i think he’s a putto, as cherubs have wings and putti are just plump little naked children, usually boys, although putti are sometimes depicted with wings. In this picture a red-hair [...]

Keywords: cherubs, putti, nudity, bare feet, boys, pianos, musical instruments, xmas, colour

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Choirboy singing from balcony pulpitModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

A beautiful boy chorister, or possibly a young lady by the costume and the long pointy fingers, is singing in a wooden pulpit or balcony high in the top-left corner of a page of sheet music (not shown [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, choirboys, boys, people, women, robes, singing, music, colour

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Added: 2023-12-10

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Banner, or BanderoleModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This banner, bubble, banderole, ribbon, cartouche, speech scroll, angel banner, phylactery, whatever, originally contained a page title.

Keywords: banners, banderoles, borders, frames, cartici, greyscale

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Added: 2023-12-10

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SchoolworkModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

A girl wearing sensible lace-up shoes, a dress, hair in a bun, is seated at a wooden desk writing. There’s a bowl, perhaos biscuits or cookies, and a pile of papers. The image is in the style of a pen [...]

Keywords: girls, people, students, learning, sitting, desks, schoolrooms, interiors, drawings, greyscale

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Added: 2025-08-28

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Spring Song, FrühlingsliedModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

A young man, rather scantily clad in an animal skin draped over one shoulder and over his crotch, plays the flute to a young woman lying on animal skins or fabric on the grass and gazing up at the boy [...]

Keywords: people, men, women, art, nudity, bare feet, paintings, romance, musical instruments, music, bucolic, countryside, coast, colour

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Added: 2025-08-26

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