Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 1 (of 2) by Arthur B. Chamberlain

Formerly in the possession of the Bodenham family, Rotherwas Hall, Hereford. Reproduced by kind permission of Mr. Ayerst H. Buttery. _Mr. Ayerst H. Buttery, London._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE The following abbreviations are used in the footnotes to this book:— _C. L. P._, for Calendars of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Davies, for _Hans Holbein the Younger_ (Gerald S. Davies). Ganz, _Holbein_, for _Holbein d. J., des Meisters Gemälde in 252 Abbildungen_ (Klassiker der Kunst). Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, for _Handzeichnungen Schweizerischer Meister_, ed. Dr. Paul Ganz. Ganz, _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, for _Handzeichnungen von Hans Holbein dem Jüngeren._ Woltmann, for _Holbein und seine Zeit_ (A. Woltmann). Wornum, for _Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein_ (R. N. Wornum). In order to obviate the constant use of a somewhat long official title, the Public Picture Collection, Basel, is generally referred to in this book as the Basel Gallery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hans Holbein the Younger