In addition, he has the pleasure of recording his great indebtedness to Mr. Lionel Cust, M.V.O., for kind assistance and advice; to Mr. Maurice W. Brockwell, for much valuable help in many directions; to Mr. Campbell Dodgson, who was good enough to assist in the selection of woodcuts from the British Museum Collection for the purposes of reproduction; to Dr. George C. Williamson, through whose kindness the writer has been able to make use of his Catalogue of the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan’s Collection of Miniatures; to the Editors of the _Burlington Magazine of Fine Arts_ for permission to include the writer’s paper on Holbein’s visit to “High Burgony”; to Mr. James Melville for transcribing from the Balcarres MSS. a long letter from the Duchess of Guise referring to that visit; to Herr F. Engel-Gros for information about the interesting roundel in his possession, which possibly represents the painter Lucas Hornebolt; and to Dr. James H. W. Laing, of Dundee, to whom he is deeply indebted for most generously undertaking the very onerous task of reading the whole of the proofs. He wishes also to offer his grateful thanks to his publishers, and in particular to Mr. Hugh Allen, for the great care and trouble they have spent upon the book, and for their hearty co-operation in attempting to make it as complete a record as possible of the great master to whom it is devoted. A. B. C. BIRMINGHAM, _August 1913._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. HANS HOLBEIN THE ELDER AND HIS FAMILY 1 II. YOUTHFUL DAYS IN AUGSBURG 23 III. FIRST YEARS IN SWITZERLAND 32 IV. WORK IN LUCERNE AND THE VISIT TO 57 LOMBARDY V. CITIZEN OF BASEL 82 VI. THE HOUSE OF THE DANCE AND THE 116 WALL-PAINTINGS IN THE BASEL TOWN HALL VII. DESIGNS FOR PAINTED GLASS AND OTHER 135 STUDIES VIII. PORTRAITS OF ERASMUS AND HIS CIRCLE 162 IX. DESIGNS FOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS 187 X. THE “DANCE OF DEATH” AND OLD TESTAMENT 204 WOODCUTS XI. THE MEYER MADONNA AND THE DEPARTURE FOR 232 ENGLAND XII. NATIVE AND FOREIGN ARTISTS IN ENGLAND 256 DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII XIII. THE FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND: PORTRAITS OF 288 THE MORE FAMILY XIV. THE FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND: OTHER 311 PORTRAITS AND DECORATIVE WORK XV. THE RETURN TO BASEL (1528-1532) 338