HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: VOL. II. FRONTISPIECE KING HENRY VIII EARL SPENCER’S COLLECTION, ALTHORP ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER BY ARTHUR B. CHAMBERLAIN ASSISTANT KEEPER OF THE CORPORATION ART GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM WITH 252 ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 24 IN COLOUR IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1913 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE XVI. THE MERCHANTS OF THE STEELYARD 1 XVII. “THE TWO AMBASSADORS,” 1533 34 XVIII. PORTRAITS OF 1533-1536 54 XIX. “SERVANT OF THE KING’S MAJESTY” 90 XX. THE DUCHESS OF MILAN 114 XXI. THE VISIT TO “HIGH BURGONY” 138 XXII. BASEL REVISITED 156 XXIII. ANNE OF CLEVES: 1539 171 XXIV. THE LAST YEARS: 1540-1543 185 XXV. HOLBEIN AS A MINIATURE PAINTER 217 XXVI. THE WINDSOR DRAWINGS AND OTHER STUDIES 243 XXVII. DESIGNS FOR JEWELLERY AND THE DECORATIVE 265 ARTS XXVIII. THE BARBER-SURGEONS’ PICTURE AND THE 289 PAINTER’S DEATH XXIX. CONCLUSION 312 APPENDIX A. EARLY DRAWING BY HOLBEIN IN THE 323 MAXIMILIANS MUSEUM, AUGSBURG (Vol. i. p. 43) B. DESIGNS FOR PAINTED GLASS OF THE LUCERNE 323 PERIOD (Vol. i. p. 79) C. EARLY DRAWINGS FOR WALL-PAINTINGS (Vol. 326 i. p. 101) D. GLASS DESIGNS WITH THE COATS OF ARMS OF 326 THE VON ANDLAU AND VON HEWEN FAMILIES (Vol. i. p. 145) THE GLASS DESIGNS OF “THE PASSION OF 327 CHRIST” (Vol. i. p. 156) E. THE FAESCH MUSEUM (Vol. i. pp. 88, 328 166-8, 180, and 239-41)