Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 2 (of 2)Chamberlain, Arthur B. (Arthur Bensley)
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 2 (of 2)
Chamberlain, Arthur B. (Arthur Bensley)
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543 -- Criticism and interpretation; Painters -- Germany -- Biography
Parthey, 1343. There is a second print by Hollar, of the same year,
taken from a picture or drawing in the Arundel Collection, of a lady
in profile to the right, wearing a flat black cap, which, it has been
suggested, also represents Anne of Cleves (Parthey, 1545). The
likeness is not very apparent, nor does the original appear to have
been by Holbein, as Hollar states. It is reproduced by Dr. Ganz,
_Holbein_, p. 198 (2).
[Illustration:
VOL. II., PLATE 24
ANNE OF CLEVES
1539
LOUVRE, PARIS
]
[Sidenote: OTHER PORTRAITS OF ANNE OF CLEVES]
There are several other portraits in existence which are said, with
little authority, to represent Anne of Cleves; among them a drawing in
the Windsor Collection,[393] which appears at one time to have become
separated from the others. It came into the possession of Dr. Meade, and
at his sale in 1755 was bought by Mr. Chetwynd. After the latter’s death
it was restored by his executors to the royal collection. It bears
little or no resemblance to the Louvre portrait, and is almost certainly
a likeness of some English lady. She is shown full-face, with a
close-fitting cap covering the ears, and a hat over it. The drawing has
been damaged by having been cut out round the outline. The face is a
refined one. There are notes in German as to the material and colours of
the dress, and the pattern of the Spanish work on the collar is drawn in
detail on the margin. It has no inscription. In the National Portrait
Exhibition at South Kensington in 1865, a small head of “Anne of Cleves”
was exhibited by the Earl of Derby. It was in oil on panel, oval, about
3 in. by 2½ in., and signed “H. H.” It had been injured, and was then in
a somewhat dirty condition; the face had considerable likeness to the
Louvre picture.[394]
Footnote 393:
Woltmann, 357; Wornum, not included; Holmes, ii. 2.
Footnote 394:
Wornum, p. 330, note.
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