Franz Brun's peasant festival copied from Sebald Beham and Hans Holbein the younger

Thanks to the British Museum allowing internet access to photographs of their print collection I have identified several additional sources of Franz Bruns peasant festival prints and a correction to the
"Curator's comments
Some of the couples reverse copies after Beham's Peasants' Feast (Hollstein 177-186), otherwise loosely based on Beham's series."


  The British Museum prints of  Franz Brun's  23 dancing couples include 4 couples closely copied from Sebald Behams 1535 "The Village Fair"    which Alison G. Stewart has called "The Large Kermis"   The Museum's Franz Brun's' peasant festival prints  link is

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1435339&partId=2

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=82401001&objectId=1435339&partId=1

 The Museum's Sebal Beham 1535 Village Fair link is
   http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1363397&partId=1
 One couple copied from Sebald Behams 1537 peasant feast series.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1569739&partId=1
 and 3 couples closely copied from Holbeins metalcuts use in several prints.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1418036&partId=1
 The design by Holbein was initially cut by master C.V.     Cut by Jacob Faber.
 One of these 3 couples copied for Holbein's metal cuts is also present in the peasant feast(or wake) alphabet letter "B".     Link to Holbein's letter B
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx?objectId=1597518&partId=1&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&numPages=10&currentPage=1&asset_id=557720001
An additional couple is copied from a work attributed to Barthel Beham.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1511735&partId=1

 The  Museum description of a "reverse" image copy of Beham is possibly due to the Hollstein reference from the 1950s being based on a "reverse" copy of  Beham's wedding feast.     "True" image copy will have the dancers sword scabbards on the dancer's left side.   The Museum first instance of Beham's "The Village Fair"  show the true image,  as do the dancers in Franz Brun's 12 etchings.






http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82463001&objectid=1435339

  Both couples copied from Sebald Beham's 1535  Large Peasant Feast,  ( Kermis)

   http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1363397&partId=1






http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82461001&objectid=1435339



Left couple copied from Holbein's woodcut.   Link
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1418036&partId=1
Link to Holbein's peasant dance woodcut
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=58392001&objectId=1418036&partId=1


 Right couple copied from Bartel Beham.



http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1511735&partId=1




     Right couple a combination from round dance couple and a sword dancer couple from Sebald Beham's  1535 The Village Fair.   Appears to have an ankle bracelet with bell.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82460001&objectid=1435339

   http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1363397&partId=1



http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82458001&objectid=1435339

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82403001&objectid=1435339


   Left couple copied from Holbein in each case   70,72.
     Right couple of B.IX,459,70  modified copied from Sebald Beham 1537 peasant dance series.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=58392001&objectId=1418036&partId=1






 

   B.IX,459,70   the right couple is from Beham's 1537 peasant feast series.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=1569739&partId=1


  B.IX,459,72  the left couple is also from Holbein's 1525 peasant feast alphabet,  letter "B",  as
  well as Holbein's metalcut.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx?objectId=1597518&partId=1&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx$numPages=10&currentPage=1&asset_id=557720001










http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=2&assetid=82401001&objectid=1435339

    Left couple copied from Sebald Beham, The Village fair 1535.



 Updated March 29, 2016.    The museum assetid numbers now have a 001 suffix.