| HANS HOLBEIN: SELF-PORTRAIT | Frontispiece |
| Reproduced in colour. | |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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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. | |
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2. | THE ST. SEBASTIAN ALTAR-PIECE | 15 |
| Central panel. By Hans Holbein the Elder. | |
| Alte Pinakothek, Munich. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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5. | STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY OF AUGSBURG | 21 |
| Silver-point drawing. By Hans Holbein the Elder. | |
| British Museum. | |
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6. | AMBROSIUS AND HANS HOLBEIN | 25 |
| Silver-point drawing. By Hans Holbein the Elder (1511). | |
| Royal Print Room, Berlin. | |
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7. | VIRGIN AND CHILD (1514) | 33 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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8. | (1) HEAD OF THE VIRGIN MARY. (2) HEAD OF ST. JOHN | 37 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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9. | THE LAST SUPPER | 40 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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10. | THE SCOURGING OF CHRIST | 41 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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11. | HOLBEIN’S EARLIEST TITLE-PAGE | 45 |
| First used in 1515. | |
| From a copy of More’s “Utopia” in the British Museum. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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14. | THE TWO SIDES OF A SCHOOLMASTER’S SIGN-BOARD (1516) | 51 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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15. | DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF JAKOB MEYER AND HIS WIFE, DOROTHEA KANNENGIESSER (1516) | 52 |
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| Woodcut first used in 1522. | |
| From a copy in the British Museum. | |
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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. | |
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64. | THE “CLEOPATRA” TITLE-PAGE | 198 |
| Woodcut first used in 1523. | |
| From a copy of Erasmus’ “Christiani Matrimonii Institutio” in the British Museum. | |
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65. | (1) CHRIST THE TRUE LIGHT. (2) THE SALE OF INDULGENCES | 198 |
| Woodcuts. | |
| From proofs in the British Museum. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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68. | THE DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET | 224 |
| From a proof in the Royal Print Cabinet, Dresden. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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71. | THE MEYER MADONNA | 233 |
| Darmstadt. | |
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72. | (1) JAKOB MEYER. (2) DOROTHEA KANNENGIESSER | 236 |
| Studies for the Meyer Madonna. Drawings in black and coloured chalks. | |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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73. | (1) MAGDALENA OFFENBURG AS VENUS (1526). (2) MAGDALENA OFFENBURG AS LAÏS (1526) | 246 |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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74. | STUDY FOR THE MORE FAMILY GROUP | 293 |
| Drawing in Indian ink, with corrections and inscriptions in brown. | |
| Public Picture Collection, Basel. | |
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75. | THE MORE FAMILY GROUP | |