Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

ELIZABETHAN PICTURES 175
charming drawing at Windsor of Surrey by Holbein,
in which his prim, round face is looking full at the
spectator. Here he looks to the right, and has his
left hand on his sword-hilt. Experts will not admit
the picture to be Holbein's, but it is impossible to
deny its beauty and charm. More striking still
is the "John Reskimeer of Cornwall" (No. 610),
given to Charles I. and admittedly by Holbein. He
wears a black cap falling slightly over the right eye.
The left side of his face is turned towards the spectator.
He has a long yellow or reddish beard and a pale
face. It is a masterly picture.
Other Holbeins may be mentioned here, though they
also came from Charles I.'s collection. The splendid
portrait of Froben,1 the great Bale printer, solid,
capable, humorous; the inferior Erasmus ; 2 the Elizabeth
Lady Vaux,3 are all well worth consideration — all
interesting and significant portraits.
There is a very doubtful portrait of QueenMary I.,
No. 640. This is more probably Christina, Grand
Duchess of Tuscany. Her husband, Philip II. (No.
633), in a "black cassock lined with white fur," as
Charles I.'s catalogue says, painted probably at the
time of his marriage, is very probably the work of the
great Fleming, Sir Antonio More, Holbein's successor
as the chief portrait-painter of theEnglish court. The
reign of Elizabeth can be well studied here — at least
1 2 No. 603.
No. 597.
3 No. 591. Of this the drawing is at Windsor, and was engraved
by Bartolozzi,as was the Reskimeer.