English
Monarchs.

This picture is more difficult to recognise among the still existing portraits of the monarch. In King Charles's catalogue only one portrait of Henry VII. occurs in the series of "Old heads," and it is distinguished as having "two hands."

(42.)

33. "Henry theight, being yonge, wearinge his heare, with a flowre of silver oppon the locke. A table with twoe leaves."

Probably leaves or doors to close over it, like a triptych, with a silver ornament, such as adorn the clasps and hinges of books, to fasten it externally. In this the King appears to be bareheaded, but I cannot at present identify it with any known picture. (44.)

34. "Kynge Henry viii., then beinge yonge."

This may possibly be the picture which we shall find more fully specified in the collection of Charles I., where he holds a scroll of parchment in his hand. It was, however, acquired by King Charles I. from Lord Arundel in 1624.+ (97.)

35. "Kynge Henry theight and Jane Quene; a Table like a booke."

One-half of this folding picture or diptych (containing the figure of the King) may still be traced at Althorp, in Lord Spencer's beautiful little Holbein portrait of Henry VIII. The corresponding figure of the Queen is not so satisfactorily to be identified.‡ (45.)

*See page 114, No. 33, of Bathoe's edition.

See page 119, No. 57, of Bathoe's edition. The picture is now at Hampton Court Palace, and was No. 124 of the Kensington Exhibition.

The Duke of Northumberland's little picture of Jane Seymour at Sion, and Lady De la Warr's portrait at Knole, exhibit the type which accords with the picture formerly painted by Holbein on the wall of the Privy Chamber, at Whitehall. (See Van Leemput's copy at Hampton Court, and Holbein's cartoon belonging to the Duke of Devonshire.) It is remarkable that this is the only consort of Henry VIII., whose name as Queen is specified in this inventory. Portraits of Catherine of Arragon and Anne Boleyn are still preserved at Windsor Castle;

ries of

36. "Kynge Henry theight standing oppon a Myter with Inventothree crownes, having a Sarpent withe seven headdes com- Hen. VIII. mynge oute of it, and havinge a swoorde in his hande wherein 1542-47. is writen Verbum Dei.”

It would be curious to recover this picture of King Henry trampling on the Papal tiara. (64.)

37. "Esabell quene of Castell." With a curtain.

Her hair is quite

This picture still exists at Windsor Castle. plain, and parted in the middle; she holds a book in her right hand. Inscribed "Le Vaymne Ysabean ne Eastille." belonged to King Charles I. See post, page 334. (103.)

It also

38. "Jacobbe Kynge of Skottes, with a hawke on his James IV. fiste." Protected by a curtain.

A curious copy of this, by Daniel Mytens, in water-colours, was No. 61 of the Kensington Portrait Exhibition. It formerly belonged to King Charles I., and is now the property of Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart., M.P. (See Pinkerton's Scottish Iconography.) (134.)

of Scotland.

Folle?

39. "Johanna Archduke of Austrie." With a curtain. (108.) Jeanne la In the earlier inventory the words are (6 JOAN ARCHDUCHES OF AUSTRYE.'

but they do not appear in these records. The best portraits of Jane Seymour, by Holbein, are now at Vienna, and at Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire.

* Apparently Johanna, wife of the Archduke Philip of Austria, and mother of the Emperor Charles V. As her parents, her husband, and so many members of their family are conspicuous in this inventory, it is scarcely to be supposed that the Emperor's own mother, Jeanne la Folle, would be wanting to the series. In the extracts from King Charles's catalogue, subsequently given, will be found the mention of a portrait of "The Queen of Castile," which occurs almost immediately after one specified as "Queen Isabella of Castilia." See post, pages 304 and 334 (51). Johanna, the daughter of Charles V., would, at the date of the first inventory, have been only twelve years old.

40. "Duke John." With a curtain.

This appears to be the same as a picture bearing the same title, and described in King Charles's catalogue as "looking downwards, in a black habit and cap." This seems to represent John "Sans Peur," Duke of Burgundy, and father of Philip the Good. (131.)

41. "John Frederike Duke of Saron, stayned oppon Lynnon Clothe, being his whole stature." (147.)

42. "Julius Cesar." With a curtain.

Described in King Charles's catalogue as "bald, side faced, in a golden dress like a priest." See post, p. 335. (112.)

43. "Lewise the Frenche Kynge." With a curtain. Louis XII. (76.) Now at Windsor Castle.

44. "The Lady Margaret the Duches of Savoye." With a curtain.

This lady was the sister of Philip le Bel, aunt to Charles V., and Governess of the Netherlands. She had been married in 1501 to Philibert, Duke of Savoy; she became a widow in 1504. The portrait is now in Hampton Court Palace. No. 298 of the catalogue. (18.) See post, page 333.

45. "A woman havinge a Monkey on her hands." With a curtain.

Probably Margaret of Scotland. A portrait of similar character is at Queen's College, Oxford. A full length, enlarged by Mytens, from an earlier picture, is still at Hampton Court. (26.)

46. "The Quene of Hungerye, beinge Regent of Flaunders."

Of this lady, Mary of Austria, sister of the Emperor, there is in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries a curious portrait, wearing a very broad-brimmed hat, painted on vellum, and richly gilded.*

* I believe that this portrait may be identified among the existing Crown pictures (30) at Windsor Castle. The picture is at present called "The Mother of Mary Queen of Scots. See post, p. 305, No. See No. 26 of Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the Society,

20.

ries of

47. “A woman called Michaell wth a redde rose in thone Inventohande, and layinge thother hande oppon a dogge's back." curtain. (145.)

No Hen. VIII.

48. "The Buchyes of Myllayne. A greate table, beinge her whole stature."

This very important picture of Christina, niece of the Emperor Charles V., one of the finest of Holbein's works in England, now belongs to the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle. (See Archæologia, vol. xl., p. 110.) (12.)

49. "The Duchesse of Myllayne."

1542-47.

Duchess of

A smaller picture of the same lady, still preserved at Windsor Milan, Castle.

(138.)

50. "The Prince of Orrenge; a stapned cloth." (155.) 51. “Phillipp Archduke of Auster." With a curtain.

This appears to be Philip le Bel, father of the Emperor Charles V., and husband of Johanna of Castile. The picture is still preserved at Windsor Castle. (28.)

52. “Philipp Buke of Burgoyne." With a curtain.

This portrait of Philip the Good still exists in the royal collection at Windsor Castle. (110.)

53. "Duke Philipp the Hardye." With a curtain.

This, although not at present traceable in the royal collections, appears to correspond with an entry in King Charles's catalogue, "Philip, Duke of Burgone, in a black cap, with a golden medal." † (113.)

54. "Kynge Richarde the Thirde." With a curtain.

This impressive picture, which is in a frame similar to those of

contributed to the Fine Arts Quarterly Review, May, 1864, vol. ii., page 327.

* It was No. 104 of the Kensington Portrait Exhibition. (See also Archæologia, vol. xl., p. 106). This was apparently the first sketch made by Holbein, at Brussels, in 1538

See page 117, No. 45, of Bathoe's edition.

A.D. 1538.

English Sovereign

English the portraits of Edward IV. and Henry VI., already described, is portraits. a very genuine work of art, and very possibly the original of the numerous repetitions or copies that are known to exist. The best are in the National Portrait Gallery (presented by Mr. GibsonCraig); at Knowsley (the Earl of Derby's), Arundel Castle, Hatfield, and Longleat.* (82.)

Duke of
Savoy.

This picture occurs again in the collection belonging to King Charles I. See post, page 333.

55. "The Countes of Richemonde, Kynge Henrye the seventh's mother." Protected by a curtain.

Now in the royal collection at Windsor Castle, painted on panel. This picture also belonged to King Charles I. There is a similar portrait, on panel, in St. John's College, Cambridge, and a more modern version of it, on canvas, belonging to the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley. These pictures were respectively Nos. 47 and 48 of the Kensington Portrait Exhibition.

(48.)

56. "The Duke of Sabaudie." With a curtain. (130.)

57. Solymaname the turque, being his whoole stature, a stayned cloth.” (160,)

The following pictures are unknown; but the descriptions given with them are nevertheless deserving of consideration :

58. "A picture having a Blacke Cappe withe a brooche and a color of Scallopp shelles." With a curtain.

* The rich brown tone, and a certain severity of form in this picture, are quite consistent with the style of, and indeed may have some associations with, the Italian schools of Botticelli or Castagno. During the reign of Richard III., Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Andrea del Castagno, and Luca Signorelli, were painting in Italy; whilst, beyond the Alps, Memling, Martin Schoen, and the youthful Albert Durer, were exercising their pencil.

Whilst speaking of contemporaneous art in different countries, it may not be uninteresting to observe that both Raphael and Martin Luther were born in 1483, the year of the accession of our Richard III.