Produced by Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) HANS HOLBEIN Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters. Edited by G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. _Pott 8vo., with 8 Illustrations, issued in cloth or in limp leather._ VELAZQUEZ. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. SIR E. BURNE-JONES. By MALCOLM BELL. FRA ANGELICO. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. G. F. WATTS, R.A. By C. T. BATEMAN. WATTEAU. By EDGCUMBE STALEY, B.A. GEORGE ROMNEY. By ROWLEY CLEEVE. HOLMAN HUNT. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. HOLBEIN. By ARTHUR B. CHAMBERLAIN. PREPARING: REYNOLDS. By ROWLEY CLEEVE. LEIGHTON. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. SIR L. ALMA-TADEMA. By H. ZIMMERN. GAINSBOROUGH. By Mrs. A. G. BELL. J. F. MILLET. By ARTHUR TOMSON. SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. By A. LYS BALDRY. OTHERS TO FOLLOW. LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. [Illustration: _Hanfstängl photo._] [_National Gallery._ CHRISTINA SFORZA, DUCHESS OF MILAN.] Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters HANS HOLBEIN BY ARTHUR B. CHAMBERLAIN DEPUTY KEEPER OF THE BIRMINGHAM ART GALLERY [Illustration] LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1902 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE LIFE OF HANS HOLBEIN 1 EARLY DAYS IN AUGSBURG AND BASLE 1 FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND 9 RETURN TO BASLE 13 SECOND RESIDENCE IN ENGLAND 15 THE ART OF HOLBEIN 23 LARGE DECORATIVE WORKS AND WALL-PAINTINGS 25 RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS 29 BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND ORNAMENTAL WOODCUTS 32 DESIGNS FOR GOLDSMITHS AND OTHER CRAFTSMEN 34 PORTRAIT PAINTING 36 OUR ILLUSTRATIONS 44 LIST OF THE ARTIST’S CHIEF WORKS 61 CHRONOLOGY OF THE ARTIST’S LIFE 69 CHIEF BOOKS ON HOLBEIN 71 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE