Chapter IV: Painter Royal (1536-1543)

Queen Jane Seymour--Death of Erasmus, and title-page portrait--The Whitehall painting of Henry VIII.--Munich drawing of Henry VIII.--Birth of an heir and the "Jane Seymour Cup"--Death of the Queen--Christina, Duchess of Milan--Secret service for the King--Flying visit to Basel and arrangements for a permanent return--Apprentices his son Philip at Paris--Portrait of the Prince of Wales and the King's return gift--Anne of Cleves--Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk--Catherine Howard--Lapse of Holbein's Basel citizenship--Irregularities--Provision for wife and children--Residence in London--Execution of Queen Catherine Howard--Marriage of Catherine Parr--Dr. Chamber--Unfinished work for the Barber-Surgeons' Hall--Death of Holbein--His will--Place of burial--Holbein's genius: its true character and greatness 156

CATALOGUE OF PRINCIPAL EXISTING WORKS 188

REFERENCES 189

INDEX 199

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. HOLBEIN _Frontispiece_
Self Portrait. From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

2. "PROSY" AND "HANS" HOLBEIN 16
Drawn by their father, Hans Holbein the elder. Silver-point.
(Berlin Cabinet.)

3. SCHOOLMASTER'S SIGNBOARD 26
Oils. (Basel Museum.)

4. JACOB MEYER (ZUM HASEN) 31
Oils. (Basel Museum.) From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

5. DOROTHEA MEYER (née KANNEGIESSER) 31
Oils. (Basel Museum.) From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

6. BONIFACIUS AMERBACH 46
Oils. (Basel Museum.)

7. FIGHT OF LANDSKNECHTE 58
Washed drawing. (Basel Museum.) From a Photograph in the
Rischgitz Collection.

8. THE NATIVITY 72
Oils. (University Chapel, Freiburg Cathedral.)
From a photograph by G. Röbke, Freiburg.

9. THE PASSION 74
I. GETHSEMANE. II. THE KISS OF JUDAS.
III. BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE. IV. THE SCOURGING.
V. THE MOCKING. VI. THE WAY TO CALVARY.
VII. "IT IS FINISHED." VIII. THE ENTOMBMENT.
Eight-panelled Altar-piece. (Basel Museum.)

10. CHRIST IN THE GRAVE 78
Oils. (Basel Museum.)

11. THE RISEN CHRIST 82
Oils. (Hampton Court Gallery.)

12. THE SOLOTHURN, OR ZETTER'SCHE, MADONNA 86
Oils. (Solothurn Museum.) From a photograph by
Braun, Clement, and Cie., Paris.

13. UNNAMED PORTRAIT-STUDY; NOT CATALOGUED AS HOLBEIN'S 94
Silver-point and Indian ink. (Louvre Collection. Believed
by the writer to be Holbein's drawing of his wife before
her first marriage, and the model for the Solothurn Madonna.)
From a photograph by Braun, Clement, and Cie., Paris.

14. ERASMUS 98
Oils. (The Louvre.) From a photograph by A. Giraudon, Paris.

15. THE PLOUGHMAN; THE PRIEST 102
"Images of Death." Woodcut series.

16. DOROTHEA OFFENBURG AS THE GODDESS OF LOVE 104
Oils. (Basel Museum.) From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

17. DOROTHEA OFFENBURG AS LAÏS CORINTHIACA 106
Oils. (Basel Museum.) From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

18. THE MEYER-MADONNA 109
Oils. (Grand Ducal Collection, Darmstadt.)
From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

19. THE MEYER-MADONNA 109
(Later Version. Held by many to be a copy.) Oils.
(Dresden Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

20. SIR THOMAS MORE 116
Chalks. (Windsor Castle.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

21. JOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER 118
Chalks. (Windsor Castle.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

22. SIR HENRY GUILDFORD 120
Oils. (Windsor Castle.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

23. NICHOLAS KRATZER 122
Oils. (The Louvre.)

24. SIR BRYAN TUKE 124
Oils. (Munich Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

25. ELSBETH, HOLBEIN'S WIFE, WITH THEIR TWO ELDEST CHILDREN 126
Oils. (Basel Museum.) From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

26. "BEHOLD TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE." SAMUEL DENOUNCING SAUL 134
Washed drawing. (Basel Museum.)
From a photograph in the Rischgitz Collection.

27. JÖRG (OR GEORGE) GYZE 142
Oils. (Berlin Museum.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

28. "THE AMBASSADORS" 146
Oils. (National Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

29. THE MORETT PORTRAIT 152
Oils. (Dresden Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

30. QUEEN JANE SEYMOUR 158
Oils. (Vienna Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

31. KING HENRY VIII. AND HIS FATHER 160
Fragment of cartoon used for the Whitehall wall-painting.
(Duke of Devonshire's Collection.)

32. KING HENRY VIII. 162
(Life Study; probably for the Whitehall Painting.)
Chalks. (Munich Collection.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

33. DESIGN FOR THE "JANE SEYMOUR CUP" 164
(Bodleian Library.)

34. CHRISTINA OF DENMARK, DUCHESS OF MILAN 166
Oils. (National Gallery.) Lent by the Duke of Norfolk.

35. ANNE OF CLEVES 172
Oils. (The Louvre.) From a photograph by A. Giraudon, Paris.

36. THOMAS HOWARD, THIRD DUKE OF NORFOLK 174
Oils. (Windsor Castle.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

37. CATHERINE HOWARD 176
Chalk drawing. (Windsor Castle.)

38. DR. CHAMBER 180
Oils. (Vienna Gallery.) From a photograph by F. Hanfstaengl.

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