The following are among the painters who flourished at this time of whom records exist and are more or less confused, yet are so valuable that they deserve to be sifted in comparison with the large numbers of pictures. The artists' names are important because they prove how many of the owners were Englishmen. These persons were all employed by Henry VIII. They were JOHN BROWN, who received a pension of L10 a year; ANDREW WRIGHT, died 1543; VINCENT VOLPE, who translated his name into "Fox" and died 1529. He, _c._ 1529, was paid at the rate of L20 a year, a great sum in those days, when Holbein himself had but L30 a year. ANTONIO TOTO succeeded Wright as Sergeant-Painter to the King, a dignity which afterwards fell to Sir James Thornhill and Hogarth successively. GERRARD LUCAS HOREBOUT, or HORNEBOLT (1475--1558), and LUCAS HOREBOUT (died 1544), his son, Flemings, were painters of distinction here and abroad, whose works have been added to those of Holbein. Their wages were more than L30 per annum each. SUSANNA HOREBOUT was a painter of miniatures, much employed by the King and his courtiers. A picture of _Henry VIII._ at Warwick Castle has for centuries borne the name of Lucas of this family. It is doubtless rightly named, and may some day furnish a key to the style of the distinguished owner himself. It was No. 99 in the National Portrait Exhibition of 1866, and No. 471 of the Manchester Art Treasures of 1857. A somewhat similar picture is now in the National Portrait Gallery. We may, in future, recognise in some of the beautiful miniatures of this period, which are now ascribed to Holbein, the much-praised works of Susanna Horebout. Doubtless some of the works of Lucas have been bestowed on Lucas de Heere, who is mentioned below. BARTHOLOMEW PENNI, and ALICE CARMILLION succeeded in honour. LAVINIA TERLING (born Benich), "paintrix," as they called her, had for quarterly wages L10, and was mentioned by Vasari as of Bruges. [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A DUTCH GENTLEMAN. _By_ SIR ANTONIS MORE.]