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
Angliae.—Opus celeberrimi artificis Johannis Holbieni pictoris Regis
Henrici VIII.”
Footnote 181:
See _Rivista d’Arte_, vi. 5, 6, 1909.
[Illustration:
VOL. II., PLATE 16
SIR RICHARD SOUTHWELL
1536
UFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCE
]
[Sidenote: PORTRAIT OF SIR RICHARD SOUTHWELL]
The replica in the Louvre (No. 2719)[182] corresponds in all its details
with the Florence picture, and appears to be only a good old copy. It
has on the back the seal of the Newton family, and was brought by
Napoleon from Germany in 1806. Another copy was lent to the National
Portrait Exhibition at South Kensington, 1866, by Mr. H. E. Chetwynd
Stapylton. A portrait of Southwell, apparently based on Holbein’s
picture, was lent to the Tudor Exhibition, 1890 (No. 217), by Mr. W. H.
Romaine Walker. In this version Southwell’s coat of arms and the
inscription “Copley Stili” are on the right-hand side of the background,
and on the left “Richd. Southwell of Horsham St. Faith’s in Norfolk
ÆT.95.” The age in this inscription is altogether wrong, for Southwell
was fifty-seven at his death in 1561.
Footnote 182:
Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 218.
Holbein’s study for the portrait is one of the most remarkable among the
Windsor drawings.[183] The head and shoulders only are shown, but
otherwise it is almost identical with the Uffizi panel; even the four
black buttons which stand out against the white shirt are indicated in
the same position as in the finished work. It is inscribed “[A]NNO
ETTATIS SVÆ 33,” and bears the note in Holbein’s own handwriting, “die
augen ein wenig gelbass” (the eyes a little yellowish). This study,
which is about 16 in. × 11 in., is in excellent condition.
Footnote 183:
Woltmann, 304; Wornum, i. 20; Holmes, i. 34. Reproduced by Davies, p.
180; Ganz, _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, Pl. 37; _Drawings of Hans
Holbein_, Pl. xlvi; and elsewhere.
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