258. The question of the authorship of the various versions of the

More Family Group is dealt with more fully in Appendix (I). Footnote 700: _Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries_, Second Series, vol. xvii. No. i. pp. 132-145, from which the quotations from Hall, and other facts in this chapter, have been taken. Footnote 701: For these and the following extracts, see _C. L. P._, iv. pt. ii. 3097-98, 3104, 3107. Footnote 702: _C. L. P._, v. 952. See p. 262. The name suggests Nicholas Lysard or Lyzarde, serjeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth, who was also in the service of Henry and Edward VI. He died in 1570, and has been usually regarded as an Englishman. See vol. ii., pp. 309-10. Possibly, however, Lasora was not an Italian. He may have been the “Nic. Leysure, a German,” mentioned in the royal accounts, in September 1539, as receiving payment under a warrant for 200 _cr. soleil_ for life. Footnote 703: Woltmann, 264. Reproduced by Law, _Holbein’s Pictures at Windsor Castle_, Pl. i.; Davies, p. 130; Knackfuss, fig. 100; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 72. Footnote 704: _C. L. P._, iv. pt. iii. 5774. Footnote 705: Law, _Holbein’s Pictures_, &c., p. 3. Footnote 706: Woltmann, 282; Wornum, i. 1; Sir R. Holmes, i. 11. Reproduced by Davies, p. 210. A second fine drawing of Guldeford, on a reddish a different version from the one at Windsor, was in Mr. J. P. Heseltine’s collection of drawings, dispersed in 1912. Footnote 707: Mr. Lionel Cust notes a roundel painting of Guldeford in the collection of Lord Kinnaird at Rossie Priory (_Burl. Mag._, August 1912, p. 258). Footnote 708: On panel, 25½ in. × 20½ in. Footnote 709: Woltmann, “Holbein at the National Portrait Gallery,” _Fortnightly Review_, vol. vi. 1866, p. 160; also _Life_, i. 344. Footnote 710: _The English Connoisseur_, 1776, vol. i. p. 145; Dodsley’s _London and its Environs Described_, vol. iii. p. 268 (quoted by Mr. Law, p. 4). Footnote 711: See Law, p. 4. Footnote 712: Woltmann, 206. Footnote 713: _Athenæum_, 17th January 1880. Footnote 714: Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 227 (2). Footnote 715: Parthey, 1410. Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 260. Footnote 716: Woltmann, 32. Reproduced by Davies, p. 224; Knackfuss, fig. 105; Mantz, p. 175. Footnote 717: Woltmann, 37. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, i. 11. Footnote 718: Woltmann, 36. Footnote 719: Woltmann, 281; Wornum, i. 2; Sir R. Holmes, i. 12. Reproduced by Davies, p. 126; Knackfuss, fig. 96. Footnote 720: Woltmann, 208. Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 70. Footnote 721: Woltmann, 225. Reproduced by Davies, p. 126; Knackfuss, fig. 97; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 71. Footnote 722: Wornum, p. 218, quoting from Lysons and Brayley. Footnote 723: Walpole, _Anecdotes_, &c., ed. Wornum, 1888, i. 79. Footnote 724: Reproduced in the illustrated edition of Catalogue, p. 64. Footnote 725: Reproduced in the illustrated edition of the Oxford Catalogue. Footnote 726: Woltmann, 283; Wornum, i. 24; Sir R. Holmes, i. 13. Reproduced by Davies, p. 128; Knackfuss, fig. 98. Footnote 727: British Museum, 9; Woltmann, 198. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, Pl. 24. Footnote 728: Froude, _Henry VIII_, i. 301. Footnote 729: Walpole, _Anecdotes_, &c., ed. Wornum, i. p. 81. Footnote 730: Woltmann, 144. Reproduced by Knackfuss, fig. 103; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 74. Footnote 731: It was at one time in the Arundel Collection, and is entered in the 1655 inventory as “2 Ritratti in un quadro col nome de Thomas Godsalve.” It was purchased for Dresden in Paris in 1749. Footnote 732: Woltmann, 286; Wornum, i. 31; Sir R. Holmes, i. 36. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, Pl. 25; Davies, p. 218. Footnote 733: Woltmann, i. 345. Footnote 734: _Norfolk_, vii. 214. Footnote 735: _C. L. P._, v. 514. Footnote 736: _C. L. P._, vii. 1189 (25th Sept. 1534). Footnote 737: _C. L. P._, vi. 576. Footnote 738: _C. L. P._, v. 1598 (12). Footnote 739: _C. L. P._, vii. 1026 (2). Footnote 740: _C. L. P._, viii. 802 (26). Footnote 741: Woltmann, 226. Reproduced by Davies, p. 132; Knackfuss, fig. 102; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 73. Footnote 742: It appears to have been at one time in the Arundel Collection, and is entered in the inventory of 1655 as “Ritratto d’un Mathematico.” As all the other portraits just mentioned were also in the Earl’s possession, it is natural to suppose that they were obtained by him directly from De Loo. Footnote 743: Wornum, p. 222. Footnote 744: According to Walpole, the Kratzer which was at Holland House “till the death of the Countess of Warwick, wife of Mr. Addison,” was a second version; perhaps the one now belonging to Viscount Galway. This version, according to the same authority, appears to have been in the possession of Sir Walter Cope before passing into the Holland House collection. Footnote 745: Walpole, _Anecdotes_, &c., ed. Wornum, i. 79. Footnote 746: See chap, xxi., vol. ii. p. 152. Footnote 747: _C. L. P._, iii. pt. i. 1018, 1019. It was during this same visit to Antwerp that Dürer drew Kratzer’s portrait. Footnote 748: _C. L. P._, iv. pt. ii. 3540 (28). Footnote 749: _C. L. P._, v., Privy Purse Expenses. Footnote 750: Ed. Howes, p. 570. Footnote 751: Woltmann, 219. Reproduced by Knackfuss, fig. 104; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 211. Footnote 752: Wornum, p. 295. Footnote 753: See Ganz, _Holbein_, note to 211, p. 251; and K. Voll, _Suddeutsche Monatshefte_, 1905, ii. 8, p. 177. Footnote 754: Woltmann, 213. Wornum, p. 294. Footnote 755: Reproduced in the _Burl. Fine Arts Club Exhib. Cat._, Pl. xiii.; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 79. Footnote 756: See _Notes and Queries_, 4th series, v. p. 313; _Athenæum_, Nos. 2186, 2187 (Sept. 18, 25, 1869); and _Dict. of Nat. Biog._, under “Tuke.” Footnote 757: Hampton Court, 610 (325). Woltmann, 162. Reproduced by Ernest Law, _Holbein’s Pictures_, &c., Pl. ix.; Davies, p. 184; Cat. Tudor Exhib., 1890, No. 72, p. 32; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 113. Footnote 758: Woltmann, 308; Wornum, i. 17; Sir R. Holmes, i. 48. Reproduced by Knackfuss, fig. 143. Footnote 759: Wornum, p. 216. Footnote 760: _C. L. P._, v. 1363. Footnote 761: See Law, _Holbein’s Pictures_, &c., p. 29. Footnote 762: Woltmann, 217. Reproduced by Knackfuss, fig. 101; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 224. Footnote 763: Woltmann, 227. Reproduced in _Masterpieces of Holbein_ (Gowan’s Art Books, No. 13), p. 19; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 78. Footnote 764: _Burlington Magazine_, December 1909, p. 159. Footnote 765: On panel, 14 in. high by 12½ in. wide. Footnote 766: _Burlington Magazine_, December 1909, p. 154. Footnote 767: Woltmann, i. 341. Footnote 768: Woltmann, 284; Wornum, i. 34; Sir R. Holmes, i. 38. Reproduced by Davies, p. 216. Footnote 769: Woltmann, 285; Wornum, ii. 19; Sir R. Holmes, i. 39. Reproduced by Davies, p. 216. Footnote 770: Woltmann, 140. Reproduced by S. Arthur Strong in _Drawings by the Old Masters at Chatsworth_, 1902, Pl. liv.; _Burlington Magazine_, vol. i., April 1903, p. 224. Footnote 771: S. Arthur Strong, _Drawings, &c._, and in _Critical Studies and Fragments_, p. 133. Footnote 772: Woltmann, 141. Reproduced by Strong in _Drawings_, &c., 1902, Pl. lv.; _Burlington Magazine_, vol. i., May 1903, p. 354. Footnote 773: Reproduced by Law, _Holbein’s Pictures_, &c., Pl. iv.; Knackfuss, fig. 99. Footnote 774: See Vol. ii. pp. 87-9. Footnote 775: _Die Basler Archive über H. H. dem Jüngern_, in Zahn’s _Jahrbücher für Kunstwissenschaft_, iii. 123, 1870. Footnote 776: Woltmann, i. 354. Footnote 777: See pp. 75-6. Footnote 778: Woltmann, i. 355. Footnote 779: _C. L. P._, iv. pt. iii. 5922. _Eras. Ep._, p. 1230. Footnote 780: _C. L. P._, iv. pt. iii. 5924. _Eras. Ep._, p. 1232. Footnote 781: _C. L. P._, iv. pt. iii. 6048. _Eras. Ep._, p. 1743. Footnote 782: Woltmann, i. 356. Footnote 783: Woltmann, 15. Reproduced by Davies, p. 134; Knackfuss, fig. 107; _Œffentliche Kunstsammlung in Basel_, 57th annual report, new series, iii. p. 1, 1907; Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 83. Footnote 784: Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 213, who mentions other copies at Aix-les-Bains, Constance, in the Albertina, &c. At the time Dr. Woltmann was writing his book it was in Cologne, in the possession of Herr Brasseur, the picture-dealer. Footnote 785: Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 212. Footnote 786: “A propos d’un Livre nouveau sur Holbein le Jeune,” in _Revue des Deux Mondes_, 15th January 1912. Footnote 787: Woltmann, 46. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, i. 23 (in colour); and in _Holbein_, p. 89. Possibly it represents a sister or near relation of Elsbeth Holbein. Footnote 788: See Woltmann, i. p. 159. Footnote 789: Woltmann, 21. Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 84. Footnote 790: Woltmann, 65. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, ii. 4 (in colour), and in _Holbein_, p. 172; Knackfuss, fig. 115. Footnote 791: Woltmann, 21. Reproduced by Ganz, _Holbein_, p. 85. Footnote 792: Woltmann, 64. Reproduced by Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, iii. 23, and in _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, Pl. 27 (both in colours), and in _Holbein_, p. 173; Knackfuss, fig. 116. Footnote 793: Woltmann, 56. See Vol. ii. p. 278. Footnote 794: See Vol. ii. pp. 277-8, 281. Footnote 795: Ganz, _Holbein_, p. xxxiv. Footnote 796: Koegler, _Jahrbuch der preuss. Kunstsammlungen_, 1911. Footnote 797: See pp. 179-80 and 184-5. Footnote 798: Woltmann, i. 362. Footnote 799: _Holbein_, p. 136. 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