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HANS HOLBEIN: SELF-PORTRAIT Frontispiece
Reproduced in colour.
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
1. THE BAPTISM OF ST. PAUL 11
Left-hand panel of the “Basilica of St. Paul” altar-piece. By Hans Holbein the Elder.
Museum, Augsburg.
2. THE ST. SEBASTIAN ALTAR-PIECE 15
Central panel. By Hans Holbein the Elder.
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
3. (1) ST. BARBARA. (2) ST. ELIZABETH 16
Inner sides of the wings of the “St. Sebastian” altar-piece. By Hans Holbein the Elder.
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
4. THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE 17
By Hans Holbein the Elder.
National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon. Reproduced by kind permission of the Director, Senhor JosÉ de Figueiredo.
5. STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY OF AUGSBURG 21
Silver-point drawing. By Hans Holbein the Elder.
British Museum.
6. AMBROSIUS AND HANS HOLBEIN 25
Silver-point drawing. By Hans Holbein the Elder (1511).
Royal Print Room, Berlin.
7. VIRGIN AND CHILD (1514) 33
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
8. (1) HEAD OF THE VIRGIN MARY. (2) HEAD OF ST. JOHN 37
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
9. THE LAST SUPPER 40
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
10. THE SCOURGING OF CHRIST 41
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
11. HOLBEIN’S EARLIEST TITLE-PAGE 45
First used in 1515.
From a copy of More’s “Utopia” in the British Museum.
12. MARGINAL DRAWINGS IN A COPY OF THE “PRAISE OF FOLLY” 48
(1) Folly Leaving the Pulpit.
(2) Penelope at her Loom.
(3) The Pope.
(4) The Cardinal.
(5) The Bishop.
(6) Nuns Kneeling before an Altar-piece.
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
13. MARGINAL DRAWINGS IN A COPY OF THE “PRAISE OF FOLLY” 49
(1) The Basket of Eggs.
(2) Nicolas de Lyra.
(3) King Solomon.
(4) Young Nobleman.
(5) Folly and his Puppet.
(6) Erasmus at his Desk.
(7) “A Fat and Splendid Pig from the Herd of Epicurus.
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
14. THE TWO SIDES OF A SCHOOLMASTER’S SIGN-BOARD (1516) 51
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
15. DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF JAKOB MEYER AND HIS WIFE, DOROTHEA KANNENGIESSER (1516) 52
Woodcut first used in 1522.
From a copy in the British Museum.
63. THE FOUR EVANGELISTS 195
Woodcuts and Initial Letters used on the first page of each gospel in the 1523 edition of Luther’s “New Testament.”
From a copy in the British Museum.
64. THE “CLEOPATRA” TITLE-PAGE 198
Woodcut first used in 1523.
From a copy of Erasmus’ “Christiani Matrimonii Institutio” in the British Museum.
65. (1) CHRIST THE TRUE LIGHT. (2) THE SALE OF INDULGENCES 198
Woodcuts.
From proofs in the British Museum.
66. THE DANCE OF DEATH WOODCUTS 217
(1) The Emperor.
(2) The King.
(3) The Cardinal.
(4) The Empress.
(5) The Advocate.
(6) The Counsellor.
(7) The Preacher.
(8) The Priest.
From proofs in the British Museum.
67. THE DANCE OF DEATH WOODCUTS 220
(1) The Old Man.
(2) The Countess.
(3) The Noble Lady.
(4) The Duchess.
(5) The Ploughman.
(6) The Young Child.
(7) The Last Judgment.
(8) The Arms of Death.
From proofs in the British Museum.
68. THE DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET 224
From a proof in the Royal Print Cabinet, Dresden.
69. THE OLD TESTAMENT WOODCUTS 230
(1) Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh.
(2) Ruth and Boaz.
(3) Judith with the Head of Holofernes.
(4) Amos Preaching.
From proofs in the British Museum.
70. THE OLD TESTAMENT WOODCUTS 230
(1) Moses receiving the Tables of the Law.
(2) The Return from the Babylonian Captivity.
From proofs in the British Museum.
(3) The Angel showing St. John the New Jerusalem (Revelation xxi.). Woodcut from Adam Petri’s “New Testament,” 1523.
From a copy in the British Museum.
71. THE MEYER MADONNA 233
Darmstadt.
72. (1) JAKOB MEYER. (2) DOROTHEA KANNENGIESSER 236
Studies for the Meyer Madonna. Drawings in black and coloured chalks.
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
73. (1) MAGDALENA OFFENBURG AS VENUS (1526). (2) MAGDALENA OFFENBURG AS LAÏS (1526) 246
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
74. STUDY FOR THE MORE FAMILY GROUP 293
Drawing in Indian ink, with corrections and inscriptions in brown.
Public Picture Collection, Basel.
75. THE MORE FAMILY GROUP

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